Webinar – What you need to know regarding the Hong Kong – Luxembourg Mutual Recognition of Funds (MRF)

Information

9:00am - 9:50am

Hong Kong

In January, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and the Luxembourg Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding concerning Mutual Recognition of Funds (MRF). This is the fifth MRF arrangement entered into by the SFC over the past four years, with the People’s Republic of China (2015), Switzerland (2016), France (2018) and the United Kingdom (2018).

Speakers from Hong Kong and Luxembourg will discuss the content of this new Hong Kong Luxembourg MRF and the related circulars of the SFC and the CSSF, the conditions to benefit from the MRF and the actual advantages for Hong Kong fund managers and Luxembourg UCITS fund managers. In their discussion, the speakers will put this MRF in the broader context of the other MRFs in force and share views and practical experience in relation to European distribution of Hong Kong funds and of Luxembourg UCITS funds in Hong Kong and generally Asia.

Speakers

Eleanor Wan, Chief Executive Officer, BEA Union Investment Management Limited

Stewart Aldcroft, Senior Advisor, Asian Fund Management Industry, Managing Director, Citi

Alwyn Li, Partner, Financial Services Group, Deacons

Stephane Karolczuk, Partner, Investment Management, Arendt & Medernach

 

Agenda

– MRF schemes in force

– Hong Kong – Luxembourg MRF specificities

– Conditions to benefit from the Hong Kong – Luxembourg MRF

– Benefits for Luxembourg UCITS managers and Hong Kong fund managers

– Practical experience in relation to other MRFs

– Looking forward

 

Recording

 

2019.03.14 – Invitation- Webinar – Hong Kong Luxembourg MRF

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Presentation – Webinar – Hong-Kong Luxembourg MRF – 14 March 2019

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