CSj gets some best-practice advice from investors, regulators and governance professionals in Hong Kong on how to improve diversity on boards and deliver real change. Earlier this month, a Qualcomm shareholder sued the company’s directors for failing to bring an...

Neil Waters and Karoline Vinsrygg, Egon Zehnder, highlight the results of a recent poll of chairs and board members to find out how boards are responding to the COVID-19 crisis. Like everyone and everything else, boards have had to adapt to a changed world in so many...

CSj looks at the latest proposals for implementing a paperless securities market in Hong Kong. On 28 January 2019, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd (HKEX) and the Federation of Share Registrars Ltd (FSR) issued a joint...

Angela SY Yim, Partner, and Phoebe MC Fok, Senior Associate, Mayer Brown, evaluate recent amendments to health and safety regulations in Hong Kong, and suggest a number of practical measures to prioritise workplace safety. Amendments to the Hong Kong Exchanges and...

Henry Kwong, Tax Partner, Cheng & Cheng Taxation Services Ltd, analyses the latest Inland Revenue Department guidance on offshore fund exemptions for Hong Kong–domiciled funds. On 30 June 2020, the Inland Revenue Department (IRD) published its long-awaited...

As the first cryptocurrency fund licensed by the Securities and Futures Commission is launched in Hong Kong, Richard Keady, Partner, and Henry Li, Associate, Dentons Hong Kong, give an overview of the regulatory regime applicable to such funds. Technology is changing...