Editorial standards.
How the content on this site is written, sourced, and kept honest — and, just as importantly, what it is not. We would rather state our limits plainly than claim assurances we do not have.
Educational, not personalised advice.
Everything published on this site — the service pages, the Insights, the comparison hub, and the glossary — is written to explain how Hong Kong share-backed financing and HKEX execution work, in general terms. It is educational.
It is not legal, regulatory, tax, accounting, or investment advice, and it is not personalised to your circumstances. It is not an offer or a solicitation. Nothing here should be relied upon as a substitute for advice from your own Hong Kong counsel and advisers, engaged in parallel with any transaction. Our full position is set out in the Disclosures, and site use is governed by the Terms of Use.
Written by the firm's principals.
The substantive pieces on this site are written by the firm's senior principals, who are named and profiled on the About page: Edward Chan Wai-Lun (Founder & Managing Principal) and Anthony Lam Tsz-Kin (Co-Founder & Principal). Each insight article carries a visible byline identifying its author.
Their relevant experience is described on the About page. We attribute writing to the principal responsible for it so that readers know the perspective a piece is written from. We do not maintain an external editorial board, and we do not present any reviewer, certification, award, or accreditation that the firm does not actually hold — claiming one would be the opposite of a trust signal.
Named regulators, primary sources.
Where the content describes the Hong Kong regulatory framework, it refers to the primary statutes, rules, and the official bodies that administer them, named explicitly. The principal sources we rely on, and to which readers and their advisers should refer, are:
- iSecurities and Futures Commission (SFC) — Hong Kong's statutory markets regulator, which administers licensing under the SFO and the Codes on Takeovers and Mergers. sfc.hk
- iiHong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) — operator of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong, publisher of the Listing Rules, and, through HKSCC, the CCASS clearing system. hkex.com.hk
- iiiSecurities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571), including the Part XV Disclosure of Interests regime — read on the Hong Kong e-Legislation database. elegislation.gov.hk
- vInland Revenue Department (IRD) and the Stamp Duty Ordinance (Cap. 117) / Inland Revenue Ordinance (Cap. 112), for duty and tax framing. ird.gov.hk
- viOffice of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD) and the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Cap. 486), for data-handling statements. pcpd.org.hk
We describe these frameworks at a general level and deliberately state no fixed thresholds beyond those set out in the primary sources themselves. Whether and how any of them applies to a particular transaction is fact-specific and is a question for your own Hong Kong counsel. Where we link to a regulator or statute, the link points to the official source so it can be checked directly.
Indicative, and reviewed for consistency.
Any figures on this site — tenors, transaction-size thresholds, indicative LTV framing, timelines, or pricing references — are indicative and illustrative. They describe how transactions are generally structured, not a quote or a commitment.
We do not publish a rate sheet or an LTV grid, because the figures that matter are set case by case after a review of the specific position. Where indicative figures appear, they are reviewed for internal consistency across the site — the tenor, threshold, and process references are meant to agree with one another and with the Stock Loans and Block Trades pages. We do not cite deal counts, league-table positions, performance statistics, testimonials, or press coverage, and none should be inferred from the absence of them.
Arranger and introducer.
Hong Kong Stock Loans operates as an arranger and introducer. Activities requiring a licence under the Securities and Futures Ordinance are conducted exclusively through, or in collaboration with, entities holding the appropriate licence or registration from the SFC.
We do not provide legal, regulatory, or tax advice, and we do not hold ourselves out as licensed to do so. This posture is stated the same way across the site, and it is the lens through which every regulatory statement here should be read. The definitive statement of our role and its limits is in the Disclosures.
Tell us if something is wrong.
If you believe anything on this site is inaccurate, out of date, or unclear, we want to know. Accuracy is a standard we take seriously, and a correction is more valuable to us than a page left unchanged.
Write to [email protected] with the page and the point at issue. We will review it against the primary source, correct the content where a correction is warranted, and update the page. You can also reach us through the Contact page.
This page describes how content is produced and is itself educational and general; it is not legal, regulatory, tax, or investment advice, nor an offer or solicitation. External links to regulators and statutes are provided for reference to official sources and do not imply any endorsement of, or affiliation with, this firm. For the firm's binding legal position see the Disclosures, Privacy Notice, and Terms of Use.