Hong Kong's Stock Investor ID System Set to Start Mid-2018

Mechanism will identify users of stock connect with mainland
Both markets are concerned by risk migration, says Alder

Ashley Alder
Photographer: Justin Chin/Bloomberg

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By Benjamin Robertson

October 10, 2017 at 2:55 AM UTC

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October 10, 2017 at 10:53 AM UTC

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A long-awaited system that will allow regulators to take a closer look at who’s trading mainland-listed stocks from Hong Kong will start in the middle of next year, according to the city’s top securities regulator.

An investor identity mechanism for the stock link from the former British colony into mainland China will “by and large” reach the asset manager level, according to Ashley Alder, chief executive officer of the Securities and Futures Commission.