Private banks designing online suitability checks for complex products are in a “tricky” situation due to the ambiguity of the recently published Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) consultation conclusion on guidelines for online distribution and advisory platforms, a legal expert has warned. The conclusion, published by the Hong Kong regulator last month, includes a ‘non-exhaustive’ list of complex and non-complex products…
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