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HKMA turns up the heat and announces consultation on IBOR transition
On 12 February 2019, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) announced in a briefing to the Legislative Council Panel on Financial Affairs that the …
Responsible Lending: “Apply the law as it stands!”
The law is correct, now you must learn to follow it. That is the message from Commissioner Hayne regarding the consumer lending laws and responsible …
Credit Distribution
The Final Report has made a number of recommendations that aim to address issues that exist within intermediated lending, with a particular focus on …
Financial Services: In the wake of the Royal Commission…
While the Financial Services Royal Commission was a watershed inquiry for the industry, the industry is well accustomed to constant scrutiny and …
The Regulators
The Final Report has been released and for those who followed the public hearings, the recommendations are not surprising. The regulators, ASIC and APRA, …
Financial Advice and Distribution
The Final Report of the Royal Commission has been released and its recommendations will fundamentally change financial advice and the distribution of …
Banking and Credit (General)
The recommendations made in relation to banking and credit more generally were in some regards unsurprising and minor, relative to the responsible …
Herbert Smith Freehills Predicts Outlook of Global Financial Services Regulators in 2019
Herbert Smith Freehills' Financial Services Regulatory (FSR) team's briefing forecasts continued scrutiny on individuals in senior management positions …
ACCC Residential Mortgage Price Inquiry Final Report
On 11 December 2018, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) released its final report into the Residential Mortgage Price Inquiry.1The …
SFC seeks to halt "rolling bad apples" in their tracks with licensing reforms
On 1 February 2019, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) announced significant changes to its licensing forms and processes (Licensing Reforms). …
Renewed focus on compensation to address misconduct risk
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) released on 23 November 2018 its recommendations on the types of data regulators should be collecting from financial …
Casting the regulatory net over virtual assets – new regulation in Hong Kong for crypto fund managers, fund distributors and trading platforms
Yesterday, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) published a statement (Statement), together with a press release, setting out its new regulatory …
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