Updates on New Board Concept Paper

Updates on New Board Concept Paper Hong Kong’s Financial Secretary, Mr. Paul Chan, has suggested that tech and other new economy companies with weighted voting rights (WVR) structures may be allowed to list on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, subject to the imposition of appropriate safeguards.  It seems therefore that the […]

Julia CharltonPartner, Charltons

MyTel to launch Myanmar’s first ‘4G-only services’ in 2018

Myanmar Highlights October 2017   The Viettel Group’s (“Viettel”) Myanmar subsidiary, Telecom International Myanmar Company Limited – operating under the business name MyTel (“MyTel”) – plans to launch Myanmar’s first ‘4G-only services’ in the first quarter of 2018.  MyTel intends to provide coverage to 90% of Myanmar, construct 7,200 base stations and lay 33,000 km […]

Julia CharltonPartner, Charltons

HKEx issues a Consultation Paper on Delisting and Other Rule Amendments

HKEx issues a Consultation Paper on Delisting and Other Rule Amendments Introduction On 22 September 2017, the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the Exchange), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX), published a Consultation Paper on Delisting and Other Rule Amendments. The consultation paper proposes improvements to the effectiveness […]

Julia CharltonPartner, Charltons

SFC Hong Kong Fintech Sandbox Launched and HKMA Hong Kong Smart Banking and Enhanced Fintech Sandbox

SFC Hong Kong Fintech Sandbox Launched and HKMA Hong Kong Smart Banking and Enhanced Fintech Sandbox On 29 September 2017, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) launched the SFC Regulatory Sandbox (Hong Kong Fintech Sandbox) which will provide a confined regulatory environment for qualified firms to operate under the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap 571) […]

Julia CharltonPartner, Charltons

Takeovers Executive Sanctions for Breach of Mandatory General Offer Obligation

Takeovers Executive Sanctions for Breach of Mandatory General Offer Obligation Introduction In August 2017, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) publicly censured and imposed a 24-month cold shoulder order against Mr Yeung Wing Yee. These sanctions were imposed as a consequence of Mr Yeung’s breach of the mandatory general offer obligation under Rule 26.1 of […]

Julia CharltonPartner, Charltons

Regulation of Cryptocurrency and blockchain tokens and initial coin offerings (ICOs)

Regulation of Cryptocurrency and blockchain tokens and initial coin offerings (ICOs) In Hong Kong and throughout the world, financial technology (FinTech) is transforming traditional financial services.  The most promising technology is Blockchain, which is a distributed ledger technology, which provides a new mechanism for recording and verifying information.  Blockchain is the technology which underlines the relatively […]

Julia CharltonPartner, Charltons

Joint Consultation Conclusions on Proposed Changes to Hong Kong Listing Regulation Released

Joint Consultation Conclusions on Proposed Changes to Hong Kong Listing Regulation Released On 15 September 2017, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (Exchange), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX), released their Joint Consultation Conclusions on Proposed Enhancements to the Exchange’s Decision-Making and […]

Julia CharltonPartner, Charltons

SFC’s Consultation Conclusions and Further Consultation on Changes to Financial Resources Rules

SFC’s Consultation Conclusions and Further Consultation on Changes to Financial Resources Rules Introduction On 24 July 2017, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) published consultation conclusions on the proposed regulatory capital regime for licensed corporations (LCs) engaged in over-the-counter derivatives (OTCD) activities and other proposed changes to the Securities and Futures (Financial Resources) Rules (FRR). […]

Julia CharltonPartner, Charltons

Corruption in Hong Kong: Lessons from a Recent Case (first published in the June 2017 edition of the GRC Professional Magazine)

Corruption in Hong Kong: Lessons from a Recent Case   Dominic Wai, Partner, ONC Lawyers & Dr. Angus Young, SeniorLecturer, DepartmentofAccountancy & Law, HongKongBaptistUniversity, Distinguished Research Fellow, German-Sino Institute of Legal Studies, Nanjing University; Adjunct Fellow, Western Sydney University Law School.   Corruption became a serious political issue after the riots of 1967. Discontent and […]

Dominic WaiPartner, ONC Lawyers