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SFC regulator of Hong Kong warns on binary options broker OptionRally
September 7th, 2015
Securities and Futures Commission, the Financial Regulator of Hong Kong, keeps on its website an Alert List that includes firms that are not licensed in Hong Kong and are believed to be, or to have been, targeting Hong Kong ...
China stocks reverse losses after brokerages pledge support; Hong Kong flat
September 2nd, 2015
China stocks clawed back sharp early losses on Wednesday amid speculation that the government is putting fresh pressure on brokerages to support the market. Nine Chinese brokerages have pledged additional funds worth over 30 billion yuan ($4.71 billion) to ...
China stocks slump again in absence of government support; Hong Kong rebounds
August 25th, 2015
China stocks slumped about 4 percent on Tuesday, touching eight-month lows, as investors dumped shares after a grim “Black Monday” that battered global markets but failed to prompt fresh rescue measures from Beijing. After opening 6.4 percent lower, the ...
SFC reprimands and fines Nomura International (Hong Kong) Limited HK$4.5 million for regulatory breach
July 30th, 2015
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has reprimanded and fined Nomura International (Hong Kong) Limited (Nomura Hong Kong) HK$4.5 million for failing to report significant misconduct by a former trader in a timely manner (Note 1). On 11 June ...
Hong Kong Asset Management Reaches Another Record Level
July 23rd, 2015
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has released its annual survey, which showed the combined fund management business in Hong Kong sustaining another year-on-year increase to reach a record high at the end of 2014 of almost HKD17.7 trillion ...
LSE to offer membership to Hong Kong firms
June 15th, 2015
Regulatory approval received for Hong Kong firms to access Europe’s most liquid and international market Further significant boost to growing UK – Greater China financial ties London Stock Exchange plc today announces it has received regulatory approval from Hong ...
FXCM to Sell FXCM Hong Kong to Rakuten Sec
May 29th, 2015
FXCM Inc. (NYSE:FXCM), a leading online provider of foreign exchange (FX) trading and related services, announced that Forex Trading, LLC, a subsidiary of FXCM Newco, LLC (“FXCM”) has signed a definitive agreement to sell FXCM Asia Limited (“FXCM Hong Kong”) to Rakuten Securities, Inc. (“Rakuten Sec”), a ...
China stocks mixed ahead of global index inclusion, IPOs; Hong Kong down
May 27th, 2015
* CSI300 -0.5 pct; SSEC +0.2 pct; HSI -0.6 pct * Limited impact seen in FTSE’s moves to include A shares * Wave of IPOs next week could freeze 5 trln yuan -analysts China stocks ended Wednesday morning mixed as the ...
Guotai Junan Securities (Hong Kong) Limited goes live with Fidessa
May 13th, 2015
Selects advanced trading platform to benefit from expanded capabilities Fidessa group plc (LSE: FDSA) announced that Guotai Junan Securities (Hong Kong) Limited (“Guotai Junan”), the Hong Kong brokerage arm of one of China’s largest securities firms, has gone live ...
Demand soars for lawyers in Hong Kong and Singapore
May 6th, 2015
Legal and compliance jobs top the list, according to the Robert Walters Asia Job Index. Data for Q1 shows legal and compliance job advertising growing 38 per cent, year on year, in Hong Kong and 30 per cent in ...