30 Oct, 2024 Hong Kong Monetary Authority publishes its Sustainable Finance Action Agenda By Gilly Hutchinson Clara Hackney The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) published its Sustainable Finance Action Agenda (the Action Agenda) on 21 October 2024. The...
21 Oct, 2024 Hong Kong SAR publishes voluntary code of conduct for ESG ratings and data products providers By Clara Hackney Gilly Hutchinson The Hong Kong Code of Conduct for ESG Ratings and Data Products Providers (the Code) was published on 3 October 2024. This is a voluntary...
28 Aug, 2024 Hong Kong Monetary Authority issues good practices on climate-related risk governance for banks By Clara Hackney Gilly Hutchinson On 22 August 2024, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) issued a circular sharing some industry good practices and key observations on...
30 May, 2024 Hong Kong publishes draft voluntary code of conduct for ESG ratings and data products providers By Clara Hackney Gilly Hutchinson The global trend towards the supervision and regulation of ESG-related metrics continues. Following Singapore’s code of conduct for ESG...
17 May, 2024 Hong Kong Monetary Authority publishes sustainable finance taxonomy By Clara Hackney Gilly Hutchinson On 3 May 2024, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) published the Hong Kong Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance (the Hong Kong Taxonomy)....
12 Mar, 2024 Recent legal and regulatory developments re digital assets - Europe and Asia By Sophia Le Vesconte Simon Treacy Peiying Chua Clara Hackney +1 more... Show less In this update we round up a series of articles from our global fintech team which highlight some recent legal and regulatory...
12 Dec, 2023 Hong Kong Monetary Authority publishes guidance to banks on distributing green products By Clara Hackney Carl Fernandes Kishore Bhindi The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has issued a circular with an appendix of FAQs setting out its expected standards in relation to...
02 Nov, 2023 Hong Kong's SFC announces the development of an industry-led voluntary code of conduct for ESG ratings and data products providers By Clara Hackney The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has announced that it will be sponsoring and supporting the development of a voluntary code...