Wednesday January 7 2015

News Source: Global Exchanges

Focus: Other

Type: General




Since the establishment of the Shanghai- Hong Kong Stock Connect in November 2014, the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) has endeavoured to improve understanding of the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect by carry out the following:

  • Briefing relevant in Europe and local and overseas fund industry associations;
  • Answering questions from and providing written responses to the fund industry and overseas regulators regarding the legal and regulatory structure of Stock Connect;
  • Publishing Frequently Asked Questions on the HKEx website and providing supplemental Questions and Answers to technical issues that concern the fund industry (the attachment is an example); and
  • Updating and liaising with Mainland authorities on the issues raised by the market.

Other developments include:

  • A system test from the 10th- 11th January which seeks to make covered short-selling of A shares through Northbound Trading available to overseas and Hong Kong investors soon.
  • In March 2015, HKSCC will test a new system function which enables tracking of investors’ stock holdings in its custody.

Click on the above link for further details.