When Complexity Impairs Disclosure – A Critique of SFC's Proposal to Strengthen the Disclosure Regime after the Lehman Minibonds Incident in Hong Kong

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Shen Wei

Shanghai Jiao Tong University Law School

Date Written: September 4, 2013

Abstract

The shockwaves from Lehman Brothers’ demise in September 2008 are still reverberating through the world of retail structured financial products in Asia. The retail buyers across the region, in particular, those in Hong Kong suffered losses from complex structured financial products linked to the failed US investment banks. The regulators in Hong Kong have proposed to tighten up the disclosure regime so as to provide sufficient information regarding the risks involved in structured securities to the end customers. This article reviews potential problems pertaining to this regulatory move.

Keywords: complex structured products, disclosure regime, regulatory changes

Suggested Citation

Wei, Shen, When Complexity Impairs Disclosure – A Critique of SFC's Proposal to Strengthen the Disclosure Regime after the Lehman Minibonds Incident in Hong Kong (September 4, 2013). European Business Law Review, Vol. 23, No. 6, 2012, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2320516 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2320516

Shen Wei (Contact Author)

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