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On 21 September 2026, The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the Exchange) published a consultation paper on the second phase of its listing framework competitiveness review. This phase turns to the rules that apply after listing, proposing changes to how listed issuers handle notifiable transactions, connected transactions and spin-offs.  The direction is clear: give

On 7 October 2026, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) issued its Guidelines on Artificial Intelligence Risk Management for Financial Institutions. The Guidelines apply to all financial institutions (FIs) and all forms of AI, from machine learning models to Generative AI and AI agents, and set out MAS’s supervisory expectations for managing the risks that