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Exploring Hong Kong's Digital Asset Regulation and Licensing

Summary of VASP basics, update to the AMLO, and various changes relating to digital assets and licensing in Hong Kong for regulated activity

Expert Network Service Support: Asia

Expert Network connections need to be subject to compliance oversight. We can assist by providing live support.

Ongoing Climate Training - One year on from SFC implementation deadline

Climate 101 Key Training for Managers and Analysts. Summary of course content and why firms need to training thier analysts and managers

BRMQ 2024 - Business Risk Questionnaires

Please be reminded that there is an updated BRMQ for year ends starting from 30th November 2023 with a number of new questions. Business...

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

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...

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...

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...

Operational Resilience in 2022 Holding it together

Operational Resilience, Exit Plans, Contingency, Continuity, Cybersecurity, Data Loss, Incident Response Plan

Climate Risk Management for SFC regulated asset manangers

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BRMQ 2022 - SFC Annual Review

Business Risk Management Questionnaire (“BRMQ”) for SFC regulated firms Note: Cognitive GRC provides services mainly to regulated firms...

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...

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...