InsurTech did not appear overnight. When it comes to collecting and analyzing data to assess risks and calculate exposures and premium payments, insurance companies are the consummate experts. InsurTech is the natural result in two recent developments in the industry. The first development involves the increased availability of data. It…
Hong Kong and Mainland China are common destinations for embezzled funds. In today’s global marketplace, disputes are growing in number and complexity. Businesses are facing intense competition and must manage the risks and challenges in doing business locally and internationally. Higher accountability standards and tighter regulatory scrutiny increase exposure and vulnerability.
Hong Kong and Mainland China are common destinations for embezzled funds In today’s global marketplace, disputes are growing…
Singapore updated its strategic goods control regime on 3 August 2020 to ensure robust administration of controls and effective risk assessments, while ensuring the facilitation of legitimate trade. Key amendments include ensuring individual and bulk permit holders have access to English translations for strategic trade records kept in other languages. For bulk permit holders, expanded document categories under recordkeeping requirements and monthly reporting will apply. A new offence has also been created for failing to amend permits in the event that information submitted under initial permit application processes subsequently change.
Against the backdrop of an environment of rapid legal changes, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) issued a Policy Statement and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) published an article in its official column inSight, setting out their respective ongoing approach to regulation. We discuss the Policy Statement and inSight article and their genesis.
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has released a Consultation Paper on Enhancing the Regulation and Supervision of Trust Business (Consultation Paper). The HKMA plans to introduce a Code of Practice for Trust Business (Code) to be incorporated into a new Supervisory Policy Manual (SPM) applicable to all authorized institutions (AIs) and local subsidiaries of locally incorporated AIs (AI subsidiaries) conducting trust business in Hong Kong. The aim of the Code is to enhance protection of client assets held on trust and better align with international standards and practices to promote the fair treatment of customers and a customer-centric culture in the trust business. We discuss some of the HKMA’s proposals and their potential application.
Read publication This Doing Business Guide to Hong Kong summarizes the requirements for the establishment and maintenance of a Hong Kong company and a branch and a representative office of a non-Hong Kong company, covering issues such as corporate services, taxation, immigration, mandatory provident fund, leasing, employment contracts and company…
On 20 July 2020, the UK Foreign Secretary, Dominic Raab, announced that the UK will extend to Hong…
The Hong Kong National Security Law took effect on 30 June 2020. The 66-article law criminalizes four types…
On 30 June 2020, the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (NSL) came into operation in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). Broadly speaking, the NSL criminalizes four types of acts: (1) secession, (2) subversion, (3) terrorist…