Overview

The Hong Kong securities market is a significant international market, ranking sixth in the world in terms of capitalization. This work presents a comprehensive and critical examination of the laws and norms regulating listed companies, their equity securities and other participants in this market. Four major themes, highlighting the difficulties in making Anglo-American corporate and securities laws fit fundamentally different markets, underlie the author's analysis. First, to ensure investor protection, corporate law and securities regulations have to be formulated as one integral law. Second, rules of corporate governance prevailing in Anglo-Saxon jurisdictions have to be adapted to Hong Kong's different corporate structures. Third, particular attention must be paid to problems of enforcement given the difficulties inherent in a self-regulatory regime and the absence of a contingency fee system. Fourth, specific solutions are required to address the problems posed by internationalization. This critical analysis is of significant comparative interest and should be of interest to corporate and securities lawyers in Asia and throughout the world.

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Author:   Betty M. Ho
Publisher:   Kluwer Law International
Imprint:   Kluwer Law International
Volume:   v. 2
ISBN:  

9789041196484

ISBN 10:   904119648
Pages:   1156
Publication Date:   01 January 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface. Acknowledgements. Table of Cases. Table of Legislation. Abbreviations. 1. Introduction. Part I: Going Public. 2. Overview of the Process of Going Public. 3. Qualification of Issuers. 4. Initial Disclosure. 5. Merit Regulations. Part II: Returns to Investors. 6. Corporate Purposes and Powers. 7. Transfers of Shares. 8. Dividends and Other Current Distributions. Part III: Shareholder/Management Relations. 9. Management of Companies. 10. Competence and Probity of Management. 11. Continuous Disclosure. 12. Guarding the Guard. Part IV: Shareholder Relations. 13. Shareholders' Proceedings. 14. Fundamental Business Changes. 15. Fundamental Structural Changes. 16. Takeovers. 17. Majority Rule and Minority Protection. Part V: The 'Exit' Option. 18. Fair Trading. Part VI: Securing Compliance. 19. Sanctions: Facts and Law. 20. Sanctions: Analysis. Part VII: Advanced Stages of Capitalism or Socialism. 21. Groups of Companies. 22. Collective Investment Undertakings. 23. Broker-Dealers. 24. Derivatives. 25. Internationalisation of Corporations and of Securities Markets. Index.

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