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RealVantage secures Hong Kong licence to expand wealth reach

Singapore-based RealVantage is expanding its presence in Asia’s wealth management market after securing regulatory approval to distribute private real estate investment products to professional...

Why comms compliance rules are converging worldwide

Regulated organisations no longer answer to a single communications compliance rule. Instead, they sit beneath a web of overlapping regimes, each drafted for a...

The CUBE Read notes 3 shifts in financial services regulation

Risk and compliance functions in financial services are being asked to do more than watch the regulatory horizon, according to CUBE's latest fortnightly briefing,...

New rules aim to cement Hong Kong’s finance hub future

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government, the territory's administrative authority responsible for economic and financial policy, has welcomed a fresh package of...

SC-SFC pact redraws cross-border fund access

The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC), the country's capital markets regulator, has agreed a Memorandum of Understanding with Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission (SFC)...

Hong Kong regulator warns on AI-powered cyber risk

Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), the city's financial markets regulator, has issued a formal circular warning licensed firms of a sharp increase...

SFC warns brokers over mainland investor due diligence

Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), the city's financial markets regulator, has issued a formal circular to licensed securities brokers after a review...

April 2026 RegTech roundup: AIFMD II now in force

The transposition deadline for AIFMD II passed on 16 April 2026, marking a significant turning point for the European fund management industry. As reported by...

MCO explores trading oversight gaps after SFC enforcement action

Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has fined a responsible officer at a licensed securities firm HK$1m and handed down a four-and-a-half-year industry...

HSBC fined HK$4.2m over research disclosure breaches

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has reprimanded and fined The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC) HK$4.2m after it failed to comply...

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