
Sanday Chongo Kabange is an experienced multimedia journalist and a contributor to Regulation Asia. He focuses on compliance, regulatory and legal issues for financial services.

Reporting & Disclosures
AFRC Identifies Gaps in Hong Kong Accounting Profession
18/09/2024
The AFRC has directed the HKICPA to improve its processes for developing and improving the quality of CPD training courses.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability
FMA Consults on New Reporting Rules Under CoFI Regime
17/09/2024
The regulatory returns ask firms to provide details on their business structure and the fair conduct programmes they must maintain under CoFI.

Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime
SFC Reaches Compensation Deal for Shareholders of Delisted Firm
17/09/2024
If approved by the court, three former directors who siphoned money from a now-delisted company will pay HK$192mn in compensation to minority shareholders.

Clearing & Post-Trade
Hong Kong, Macao to Establish Bond Market Infrastructure Link
17/09/2024
Investors in Hong Kong and Macao will be able to clear, settle and hold bonds in each other’s markets using their existing home market infrastructure.

Sustainable Finance
HKMA, DFSA to Deepen Collaboration on Sustainable Finance
17/09/2024
The HKMA and DFSA signed an MoU to deepen cross-border dialogue, information exchange and joint research on sustainable finance.

Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime
Australia Proposes Bill to Establish Scams Prevention Framework
16/09/2024
The framework creates obligations for banks, telcos and tech giants to prevent, detect, report, disrupt, and respond to scams.

Market Abuse
HKEX Offers New Guidance on Preventing Self-Matched Trades
12/09/2024
The guidance aims to help firms mitigate the risk of self-trades by different trading units that might be susceptible to inappropriate trading behaviour.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability
ASIC Directs Product Issuers to Improve DDO Compliance
11/09/2024
ASIC’s Alan Kirkland called on issuers to ensure that their product design and distribution practices are “up to scratch”.

Structural Regulation
ACCC Updates Guidelines on Interim Authorisation
11/09/2024
The updated guidelines seek to clarify expectations around how the ACCC makes decisions on granting interim authorisation.

Anti-Money Laundering
Australia Introduces AML/CTF Reform Bill to Parliament
11/09/2024
The amendment bill will bring tranche 2 entities into scope and modernise the regulation of virtual assets and payments tech.
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