Hong Kong rationalises swaps reporting requirements

Some duplicate fields removed, but framework still more granular than other jurisdictions

Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA)
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Hong Kong regulators’ decision to ease data requirements for its over-the-counter derivatives reporting regime should make firms’ compliance workload more manageable between now and next September’s implementation date, lawyers say.

“The decision to optimise and trim the number of mandated data fields in Hong Kong reflects an effort to ease compliance burdens while maintaining effective market monitoring,” says Andrew Fei, a partner at law firm King & Wood Mallesons in Hong Kong. “This objective

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