HONG KONG MONETARY AUTHORITY What Has Been Done to Reaffirm Hong Kong’s Position as a Regional Wealth Management Hub 15 December 2010.

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HONG KONG MONETARY AUTHORITY What Has Been Done to Reaffirm Hong Kong’s Position as a Regional Wealth Management Hub 15 December 2010

2 Hong Kong: Highly internationalised financial market Ranked No. 3 in the City of London's Global Financial Centres Index World’s 15th and Asia’s 3rd largest banking centre 70 of the world’s largest 100 banks operate in Hong Kong

3 Status of Hong Kong as a Wealth Management Hub Rule of law Independent judiciary Simple and low tax regime Free flow of information and capital Stable and fully convertible currency Highly internationalized financial market Attractions

4 7. Gateway to Mainland China 8. Bridge to the rest of the world 9. Robust regulatory framework 10. Pool of talented financial intermediaries 11. Abolition of estate duty 12. Exemption of offshore funds from profits tax

5 Recent Developments Internationalisation of Renminbi (RMB) Revision of RMB Clearing Agreement

6 Results 1. Launch of wide range of RMB denominated financial products, for example: RMB certificates of deposits RMB bonds RMB structured deposits RMB insurance products RMB investment funds 2. Establishment of Hong Kong as an offshore RMB market

7 資料來源︰香港金融管理局 Source: HKMA Renminbi Deposits in Authorized Institutions in Hong Kong

8 Trade Transactions Settled in RMB –Substantial expansion of RMB trade settlement scheme in June 2010, whereby companies in 20 provinces and cities in Mainland China can settle their current account transactions with any parts of the world in RMB –Amount of trade transactions settled through banks in Hong Kong has increased: 資料來源︰香港金融管理局 Source: HKMA (RMB million yuan) Average for the first half of 2010 Jul 2010Aug 2010Sep 2010Oct 2010 Remittances for RMB cross- border trade settlement 4,50010,34538,55529,95668,622

9 New Measure for OTC Derivatives Market Improve transparency and reduce counterparty risks Hong Kong to follow G20 recommendation: –Trade Repositories (TR) for standardised OTC derivative contracts to be provided under Central Moneymarkets Unit of Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) –Central Counterparty Clearing facilities (CCP) for OTC derivatives contracts to be launched by Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd –A link to be developed between TR and CCP

10 Conduct of Intermediaries Conduct of intermediaries plays an important role Misconduct or lack of fitness and properness will lead to mis-selling and result in disgruntled customers An effective regulatory framework is necessary to ensure proper business conduct and protect investors

11 Key Regulatory Standards Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) –promulgates regulatory standards for the securities market –new measures to enhance investor protection after Lehman incident HKMA –the frontline regulator of securities business conducted by banks –requested banks to implement a number of additional regulatory measures after Lehman incident

12 Key Regulatory Standards honesty and fairness diligence competence Financial Planners should act with: Financial Planners should: know your client make adequate disclosure perform product due diligence

13 HKMA ’ S Additional Regulatory Measures Physical segregation of banks’ retail securities business from their ordinary banking business Audio-recording of the sales process and ancillary arrangements Pre-Investment Cooling-off Period in sales of derivative products to retail customers with less sophistication, e.g. elderly and first-time buyer Mystery shopping programme to test sales procedures

14 HKMA ’ S Additional Regulatory Measures In view of the buoyant market demand for RMB products and exchange-traded funds (ETFs), the HKMA has issued circulars to ensure proper disclosure in the banks’ marketing and selling of these two types of products: –Selling of RMB Deposit, Investment and Insurance Products (16 September 2010) –Synthetic ETFs and Related Products (03 September 2010)

15 Conclusion –As a wealth management hub, Hong Kong is enjoying numerous opportunities brought by the development of RMB business and other products in the market –HKMA to continue to work with other financial regulators to enhance the regulatory framework relating to sale of financial products