
- Mar 24
AML Updates for regulated firms in Hong Kong
Updates to Anti-Money Laundering and Counterterrorist Financing for SFC regulated firms in Hong Kong in 2023, Summary of SFC circulars, FATF

- Jan 17
GRC 2023 - Annual Check Up
A collection of housekeeping matters for regulated firms in Hong Kong Cognitive GRC Limited (website) is a leading provider of Governance...

- Nov 1, 2022
Virtual Asset Regulation - Hong Kong
[Extracted from our Client Update on issues relating to the Money Laundering Reporting Officers (MLRO), Manager in Charge (MIC) for...

- Nov 1, 2022
Quarter 3 2022 - HK MLRO Update
Introduction This quarters update was slightly delayed in anticipation of the FATF plenary in October, but we also wanted to cover the...

- Jun 21, 2022
Operational Resilience in 2022 Holding it together
Operational Resilience, Exit Plans, Contingency, Continuity, Cybersecurity, Data Loss, Incident Response Plan


- Jun 21, 2022
Climate Risk Management for SFC regulated asset manangers
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- Feb 23, 2022
BRMQ 2022 - SFC Annual Review
Business Risk Management Questionnaire (“BRMQ”) for SFC regulated firms Note: Cognitive GRC provides services mainly to regulated firms...
- Sep 29, 2021
Summer, Summary 2021 -Part 2 Deeper Dive
Some highlights from enforcement and SFC updates for Quarter 2 (originally distributed in July) We typically issue newsletter updates at...
- Sep 29, 2021
Summer, Summary 2021 - Part 1 Topics of Interest
These are just some of things we raised in our newsletter update earlier this summer and thought that some of our wider contacts might be...

- Sep 29, 2021
SFC CPT Compliance - Preparation for Cognition 2022
The SFC published its Consultation Conclusion on the “Proposed Enhancements to the Competency Framework for Intermediaries and Individual...
- Feb 11, 2021
Davos 2021 - Global Risk Report - Annual Risk Self Assessment Time
Risk based compliance programmes require engagement with stakeholders every so often to make sure that they are not completely off...