Hong Kong SFC Releases 2 New Quick Guides on Licensing Requirements for Visiting Professionals & Returning Professionals, Complements 5 Previous Guides Released in 2023 on Family Offices, Private Equity Firms, Hedge Fund Managers, Overseas Practitioners & China Mainland Practitioners
3rd September 2024 | Hong Kong
The Hong Kong Securities & Futures Commission (SFC) has released 2 new quick guides on licensing requirements for Visiting Professionals & Returning Professionals, complementing 5 previous guides released in 2023 on Family Offices, Private Equity Firms, Hedge Fund Managers, Overseas Practitioners & China Mainland Practitioners. Hong Kong SFC: “The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) today published two new quick reference guides to assist visiting and returning professionals in understanding the SFC’s pragmatic licensing regime, complementing the five popular quick reference guides published in 2023. Illustrating with case studies, the two new guides offer useful information about licensing options and processes as well as various conditions for examination exemptions, in order to facilitate a smooth and compliant transition to the Hong Kong financial markets for these professionals. The SFC plans to organise workshops later this year to help the industry better understand its licensing policies and recent initiatives. Additionally, the SFC has updated the Chinese version of the quick reference guide for Mainland practitioners (Note 2) and released a new English version. These quick reference guides can be accessed on the SFC website, and prospective licence applicants are encouraged to contact the SFC at [email protected] for further assistance.”
“ Hong Kong SFC Releases 2 New Quick Guides on Licensing Requirements for Visiting Professionals & Returning Professionals, Complements 5 Previous Guides Released in 2023 on Family Offices, Private Equity Firms, Hedge Fund Manages, Overseas Practitioners & China Mainland Practitioners “
Dr Eric Yip, the SFC’s Executive Director of Intermediaries: “We see a growing trend of financial talents coming to Hong Kong and we offer a pragmatic licensing regime to accommodate such demand. While the first series was very well received, these new handy guides should help industry practitioners and potential applicants better grasp the essence of the SFC’s expectations and licensing requirements with an aim to continuously strengthen Hong Kong’s pool of financial talents.”
Notes:
- The SFC published quick reference guides to licensing and competence requirements for family offices, private equity firms, hedge fund managers and overseas and Mainland practitioners in March 2023. More than 32,000 copies of quick reference guides have been distributed, downloaded or viewed since then.
- The Chinese version of the SFC’s quick reference guide to competence requirements for Mainland practitioners was first published in March 2023.
Hong Kong SFC Releases 2 New Quick Guides on Licensing Requirements for Visiting Professionals & Returning Professionals, Complements 5 Previous Guides Released in 2023 on Family Offices, Private Equity Firms, Hedge Fund Managers, Overseas Practitioners & China Mainland Practitioners
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