

Happy Lunar New Year 2023
Thank you for all the support during the previous year, we look forward to working with you for the next. Best wishes to you and your...
Jan 20, 2023


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...
Jan 17, 2023


Merry Christmas to all!
A huge thanks to the team, our clients, our service partners and the industry for all the support in 2022. All the very best from team at...
Dec 22, 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...
Nov 1, 2022


Operational Resilience AIMA APAC
Planning, Prevention, Protocols, Reaction, Recovery, Reporting; the condensation of risk into more cloud based infrastructure and...
Oct 18, 2022


October Regulatory Roundup Hong Kong - GRC Planning 2023
Updates for SFC regulated firms and firms with SEC or US regulatory exposure. Quarter 3 Update, Planning for Quarter 4 and 2023
Oct 18, 2022


Sep 8, 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
Insert - Poolebeg WastetoEnergy (centre left) incinerator along side chimney stacks of traditional power station (centre right)....
Jun 21, 2022


AIMA ACORNS of APAC
Optimising Growth - Targeting Success Cognitive GRC Limited was delighted to share sponsorship of panel sessions during the Annual AIMA...
Apr 5, 2022


BRMQ 2022 - SFC Annual Review
Business Risk Management Questionnaire (“BRMQ”) for SFC regulated firms Note: Cognitive GRC provides services mainly to regulated firms...
Feb 23, 2022


Jan 31, 2022


GRC Planning 2022 - A collection of housekeeping matters for regulated firms in Hong Kong
Note: Cognitive GRC provides services mainly to regulated firms in Hong Kong that provide services to institutional and professional...
Jan 31, 2022


Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and all the very best for 2022
All the very best wishes to clients, collaborators, industry partners, competitors, and prospects to see you through the end of 2021 and...
Dec 21, 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...
Sep 29, 2021


Sep 21, 2021
April Bulletin
It seems February for CFTC (Exemption Registration), March for SEC (Annual ADV) and April for SFC. Following the new format Business Risk...
Apr 7, 2021
