The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission and the United Arab Emirates’ Capital Market Authority signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen cross-border regulatory collaboration on digital asset-related matters. The arrangement sets a framework for mutual consultation and information exchange to support supervision of cross-border regulated digital asset entities, and is the SFC’s first agreement with an overseas regulator focused on supervisory collaboration for this sector. The MoU was signed by the authorities’ chief executives in the presence of the SFC’s chairman and followed an industry roundtable with senior digital asset executives on digital asset innovation and the broader ecosystem. Separately, the two regulators also co-hosted a roundtable with senior executives of leading asset managers and an industry seminar on regulatory requirements for distributing funds in the UAE, building on the Mutual Recognition of Funds MoU signed in September 2025 that enables cross-border offering of public funds between the two markets.
Hong Kong Securities & Futures Commission 2026-01-27
Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission and the United Arab Emirates Capital Market Authority sign MoU to deepen cross-border supervision of regulated digital asset entities
The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission and the United Arab Emirates’ Capital Market Authority signed a Memorandum of Understanding to enhance cross-border regulatory collaboration on digital asset-related matters, marking the SFC’s first agreement with an overseas regulator for this sector. The MoU establishes a framework for consultation and information exchange to support supervision of cross-border regulated digital asset entities.