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The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong is the independent statutory body charged with regulating the securities and futures markets in Hong Kong. The SFC is responsible for fostering an orderly securities and futures markets, to protect investors and to help promote Hong Kong as an international financial centre and a key financial market in China. Even though it is considered to be a branch of the government, it is run independently under the authorisation of the laws relating to Securities and Futures.〔 〕 ==History== The Securities and Futures Commission was created in 1989 in response to the stock market crash of October 1987. In 1997 following the Asian financial crisis the regulatory framework was further improved. A comprehensive Securities and Futures Ordinance (SFO) was implemented in 2003, which expanded the SFC's regulatory functions and powers. Andrew Sheng served as Chairman of the SFC from 1998 until 2005, when he was succeeded by Martin Wheatley. Wheatley first served as Chairman, and became CEO in 2006 when the posts of chairman and CEO were segregated to further promote corporate governance. Eddy Fong was appointed non-executive Chairman in 2006. Ashley Alder assumed the position of CEO in 2011 〔http://www.sfc.hk/web/EN/about-the-sfc/organisational-chart/board-of-directors/chief-executive-officer/alder,-ashley-ian.html〕 and Carlson Tong was appointed non-executive Chairman in 2012 〔http://www.sfc.hk/edistributionWeb/gateway/EN/news-and-announcements/news/corporate-news/doc?refNo=12PR104〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Securities and Futures Commission」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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