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Financial regulation
Key developments in regulation of financial markets with a focus on those in Hong Kong and mainland China.
Daren Guo (L), co-founder at Reap, and Arjun Sethi, Co-CEO of Payward and Kraken. Photo: Handout
Cryptocurrency

Why Payward chose Hong Kong to be its Asian stablecoin gateway

By setting clear rules, Hong Kong is pushing to become the world’s safest launch pad for the digital currency.

Banking & finance

How the RMB Business Facility will help consolidate Hong Kong’s financial role

Hong Kong property

When will Hong Kong’s retail leasing market see a turnaround?

Hong Kong stock market

Mainland court claims jurisdiction over Hong Kong-listed firm in lawsuit

Beijing Financial Court applied extraterritorial provisions of mainland China’s Securities Law, Financial News reports.

For the first time, the Beijing Financial Court claimed jurisdiction over an investor lawsuit against a Hong Kong-listed firm. Photo: Shutterstock
Banking & finance

‘Might not be the last’: the red flags behind China’s latest bank rescue

Regulators intervened over concerns of aggressive expansion and credit risks, underscoring vulnerabilities in some smaller regional lenders.

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Banking & finance

Putting on the Reits: Hong Kong aims to amend its securities law

Government says it seeks to upgrade its listing regime later this year, boosting the city’s financial hub status and market transparency.

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Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF)

Exclusive | All that glitters: Hong Kong pension fund to offer more gold ETFs

MPFA to relax gold ETF investment approval rules as part of Hong Kong government’s push to turn the city into a regional gold trading hub.

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Gold bricks displayed at Hong Kong Gold Exchange's Chinese New Year ceremony in Sheung Wan on February 3, 2025. Photo: Edmond So
Banking & finance

Why has China lowered its own ranking in global financial competitiveness?

A Beijing think tank dropped China’s world ranking to fifth place, behind the US, Japan, UK and Germany following stock market volatility.

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Banking & finance

Hong Kong broadens yuan’s financial footprint as currency gains global appeal

Hong Kong Monetary Authority widens scope of yuan finance to solidify status as ‘offshore laboratory’ for currency amid de-dollarisiation trend.

Hong Kong society

Editorial | Hongkongers should beware of prediction markets

Concerns including the potential for insider trading and contractual disputes make prediction markets a dangerous bet.

Online platforms style themselves as offering financial products similar to stocks or futures, but they are a form of gambling. Photo: Getty Images
China economy

Opinion | When and how will China ease capital controls?

While China has reasons to maintain capital controls, the recent crackdown on three Hong Kong brokerages is not meant to discourage mainland outbound investment.

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E-commerce

Temu owner PDD embraces China’s ‘city of the future’ after regulatory debacle

Operator of big-name budget marketplaces Pinduoduo and Temu is buying an office and adding 5,000 jobs in the hyped-up Xiongan New Area.

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China exports

Beijing asserts control over China’s offshore tech transfers with landmark law

Beijing’s ‘milestone’ mandate seen authorising retaliatory responses to trade barriers while restricting research leaks.

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Banking & finance

Could a ‘Reit Connect’ be Hong Kong’s handover anniversary gift from Beijing?

Previous July 1 anniversaries have delivered financial policy changes, and markets anticipate expanded cross-border access this year.

Link Reit is the largest among Hong Kong’s 11 Reits. Photo: Handout
Banking & finance

How AI boom exposes investors to risk, while a downturn could see a fast crash

Bank for International Settlements says AI funding is funnelled through loosely regulated private credit channels, raising stability fears.

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Investors are funding AI through hedge funds and private credit vehicles which may expose them to financial risk in the event of a downturn which could see a fast, sharp crash, according to the Bank for International Settlements. Photo: Reuters
Hong Kong society

Financial products or illicit gambling? Can Hong Kong regulate prediction markets?

Interactive Brokers’ offering in city puts legality of prediction markets in question as regulator stresses case-by-case approach.

Hong Kong politics

Exclusive | Hong Kong’s own drug regulator pushes ahead with hiring, seeks WHO recognition

Health chief says the city is aiming to approve drugs independently by 2030 as it builds capacity and courts global pharmaceutical companies.

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Banking & finance

Bank of China accused of exploiting tax preferences to avoid paying US$348m

The bank channelled funds through affiliates and mass employee investors to pass off private funds as public, China’s top auditor says.

The Bank of China building in Shanghai. Photo: Getty Images
Banking & finance

Can Shanghai’s offshore finance push test Hong Kong’s dominance?

Beijing is accelerating Shanghai’s offshore finance ambitions, raising questions over whether Hong Kong’s long-held edge can endure.

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Futu

China closes another offshore investing loophole as TRS faces restrictions

Brokerages told to halt expansion of offshore-linked TRS portfolios as Beijing tightens oversight of cross-border investing channels.

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Yuan

Hong Kong readies offshore yuan initiatives after Shanghai move

Beijing is supporting the development of offshore yuan trading as part of a broader drive to boost the Chinese currency’s global role.

Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po. Photo: SCMP
Banking & finance

China’s trading crackdown seen boosting Hong Kong as official capital hub

Analysts at ‘Summer Davos’ gathering highlight pivot towards official cross-border connect schemes to intermediate domestic wealth ‘on China’s own terms’.

The China Securities Regulatory Commission recently penalised three brokerages, including Tiger Brokers, for illegally granting domestic investors access to overseas securities trading. Photo: Handout
China's economic recovery

Beijing’s plan to revive foreign direct investment

SCMP Plus annotates 15-point plan released by the central government aimed at attracting foreign investment and reversing a decline in capital inflows.

IPO

Momenta granted regulatory approval to list in Hong Kong amid rumoured crackdown

As Beijing appears to tighten rules on the listing of domestic firms incorporated offshore, self-driving tech start-up Momenta gains IPO approval.

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China stock market

China to back ‘qualified’ foreign firms for listing on domestic markets

Government says foreign-funded companies would be aided in domestic listings, as well as mergers and acquisitions.

A large screen shows the latest stock exchange and economic data in Shanghai. Photo: EPA
Banking & finance

Editorial | Hong Kong and Shanghai extend the yuan’s international reach

As Beijing tightens compliance, the country’s finance hubs can safely and efficiently promote the trade of Chinese treasury futures.

Delegates attend the opening ceremony of the Lujiazui Forum in Shanghai on June 17. Photo: Xinhua
China's economic recovery

China’s policy blitz at Lujiazui Forum – what the monetary overhaul means

Regulators are leveraging currency strength to formalise outbound routes, granting fresh quotes for global assets while narrowing the interest-rate corridor.

US-China trade war

China touts new finance tools to fend off sanctions

Anti-sanctions measures and efforts to globalise the yuan were among key topics as Chinese finance regulators and policymakers addressed the 2026 Lujiazui Forum.

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