之前講過 HKEx 上市科請個合規主管返嚟睇場,而 SFC 嘅運作就有 Process Review Panel 𥄫實。但機構之上有冇更超然嘅無形之手左右大局呢?我唔知,暫時亦只可以話, procedural justice is seen to be done ,跟足規矩做嘢,冇乜得好畀人抽秤,住。
1. “The SFC would like to clarify that it is not aware of any aspect of the NSL which would affect or alter the existing ways in which firms and listed companies originate, access, disseminate and transmit financial market and related business information under the regulatory regime it administers.”
“Is not aware of” 嘅四隻字超級好用。我睇唔到、冇聽過、唔為意,同有或冇並無必然關係。
2. “Equally, the rules and accepted practices governing market trading activities, including in exchange traded and over-the-counter derivative markets, the use of hedging strategies and activities under Hong Kong’s short selling regime, also remain unaltered; all related regulations will be administered by the SFC in the same manner as before the advent of the NSL.”
都係事實,暫時冇任何法規改動過, SFC 仍然係按本子辦事揸莊嗰個。
其他 background information 或官樣文章我就唔多講喇。陳茂波想 Ashley Alder 幫心派定心丸,而艾先生亦恰如其份地講返自己做啲乜,充份體現為官之道,值得大家好好學習。
咁之前就講過香港嘅 Open-ended Fund Company (OFC) 由於需要向 SFC 申報同埋稅務優惠問題好似未解決,所以業界反應冷淡。 What about L.P. funds? 規佬覺得,即使喺香港開壇嘅成本可能同 Cayman 一樣甚至更低都好, Cayman Islands 呢個無人無物嘅地方,本身始終有一個相當之大嘅優勢:私隱度。
如果喺香港註冊,投資目標、管理人、 General Partner 資料同董事及合伙人名單都有機會透過查冊輕易搵到。啲大孖沙想唔想咁?大陸人連開股票戶口都傾向資產報細數,唔見得想自己有錢玩 PE / VC 透明度太高。 (註:投資者以 Limited Partner 身份加入呢,就應該唔會透過查冊睇到嘅)
至於外資囉喎,睇下啲大行會唔會將亞太區總部或 CEO Office 留喺香港再算啦。信心嘅嘢,摧毀容易建立難。
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今時今日做銀行真係唔容易。除咗基本 KYC 同 AML 工作,隨時仲要上埋社交網絡,對客戶做「盡職審查」。
別開生面呢?本來 AML 入面有個概念,叫 “Politically-Exposed Persons” (PEP) ,一般嚟講就指政府高官及親屬,或身居要職嘅政客。
話說歐盟要帶動市場復甦,其中一招就係放寬金融市場嘅一啲規則,例如話 MiFiD II ,就可能畀人扭兩嘢而走樣 (tweaked) 。
如果貼市嘅朋友,大概知道早兩年 MiFiD II 一出,對於基金經理同埋投行研究部帶來相當之大嘅影響。事關新規則限制 “Soft Dollar” 嘅應用,旨在減少金融機構之間嘅利益輸送,為投資者帶來更公平透明嘅環境。 (按: SFC 一直冇跟, Code of Conduct 同 Fund Manager Code of Conduct 仍然接納 research report as soft dollars)
由於投行研究有別於香港某啲財演 (我指客路, no offense) ,芬佬睇完投行嘅包膠之後係真係可能跟住做嘅。呢啲位,發表相關報告嘅投行就會有啲優勢。
但咁樣選擇 broker 嘅方式,就唔一定符合投資者嘅最佳利益喇,芬佬可能畀貴少少佣金換來研究報告以 soft dollar 形式回贈畀芬佬,而佣金成本就由投資者承擔,有慷他人之慨之嫌。
於是, MiFiD II 就要求投行將研究報告拆出嚟,要真金白銀咁賣畀芬佬,唔可以用 soft dollar 形式回贈。如是者,芬佬咪揀嚟買,慳啲使囉。好自然地,投行亦都選擇性投放資源,減少對細價股嘅研究。
講完背景,講埋而家歐盟想點。
FT 話,如果投行對市值細過 10 億歐羅嘅細價股發表研究報告,可以豁免上述 soft dollar 嘅限制。頭先講咗,投行少咗資源,咪研究少幾隻股票,但係大股就點都要研下嘅,所以細價股嘅研究少咗,好似都合理。但係咁樣將細價股報告重新納入 soft dollar 適用範圍,係咪真係振興到市場氣氛?我唔識答。
除此以外, fixed inclme 嘅研究報告都可以透過 soft dollar 獲得。 EU 仲有其他關係商品衍生工具嘅改革方案,不過快訊嚟講爆晒字數同 time limit ,大家有興趣就自己睇。