In acknowledgement of the rapidly rising costs of compliance at financial institutions, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) decided today to provide these institutions with a two-year waiver on licensing fees. Effective April 1, 2012, the initiative will impact 40,000 SFC-licensed intermediaries or registered corporations including brokers, trading houses and asset managers. Ashley Alder, CEO of the SFC comments on…
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