SFC’s recently introduced “complex product” regulations have extended retail investor due diligence requirements to professional investors.

SFC’s recently introduced “complex product” regulations have extended retail investor due diligence requirements to professional investors.
The original deadline in April has not given much time for distributors and fund managers to implement changes.
The difficulty lies in the distribution side collecting information on complex products from asset managers.
Some distributors in Hong Kong may avoid ‘complex products’ because of the added risk of being non-compliant, according to Rolfe Hayden, a partner at law firm Simmons & Simmons.
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