After two years of preparation, the Hong Kong professional investors regime under the SFC Code of Conduct (“Code”) will be tightened up this month. We hope this briefing will help you get ready for the changes which will impact the market on 25 March 2016 (except for certain contractual requirements with an impact date of 9 June 2017 – see the section “Effective dates”).

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