New consultation report proposes a "toolbox approach" as a global standard for CCP financial resources and tools for resolution.
September 21, 2023The subsidiary legislation covers operational and technical matters and the introduction of a more robust regulatory regime for securities registrars.
March 28, 2023Stablecoins must be fully backed, redemption at par must be available at all times, and issuers must be licenced. Algorithmic stablecoins will not be accepted.
February 1, 2023KTF Capital Management had a HK$20mn deficit between 13 and 18 December 2018 but misrepresented to the SFC that it maintained sufficient liquid capital during the period.
August 1, 2022To register a CCIV and initial sub-fund, a corporate director would first need to obtain an AFS licence, which can be a variation of an existing licence.
June 24, 2022Cryptoassets should be classified as an intangible asset for accounting purposes, meaning that in most cases direct holdings should be fully deducted from CET1.
March 25, 2022ASIC will be able to limit a corporate director’s CCIV operations to one CCIV with a single sub-fund if the corporate director fails to demonstrate 'organisational competence' and capacity.
March 22, 2022New report analyses default and non-default loss scenarios potentially extreme enough to require the use of CCP recovery and resolution tools.
March 11, 2022The SFC expresses concern that some licensed firms may not have plans in place to deal with financial distress or the sudden unavailability of key staff.
March 7, 2022Effective from 28 March, RMOs will have to hold at least 25 percent of their annual operating costs in cash and cash equivalents.
March 2, 2022