Aug 24, 2020
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...
Aug 24, 2020
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...
Aug 24, 2020
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...
Aug 24, 2020
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...
Aug 24, 2020
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...
Aug 24, 2020
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...
Aug 24, 2020
What is your role as a governance professional? ‘As a company secretarial officer working for a listed company, my role is to ensure regulatory compliance within the listed company and its subsidiaries. I also assist in the holding of board meetings and annual general...
Aug 24, 2020
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