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Outreach and publicity on USM

SFC's 2026 outreach activities

The SFC engages with different market participants to enhance awareness and understanding of USM.

Date	Event	Organiser
28 July	Compliance Countdown: Getting Ready for USM Implementation	Chamber of Hong Kong Listed Companies and Vistra	Download SFC's presentation
10 July	Financial and Treasury Services Committee Meeting	Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce	Download SFC's presentation
12 June	Annual Corporate and Regulatory Update 2026	Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute	Download SFC's presentation
11 June	APREA Leaders’ Luncheon	Asia Pacific Real Assets Association	Download SFC's presentation
26 May	USM webinar: Preparing for implementation (Putonghua)	Computershare	Download SFC's presentation (in Chinese only)
22 May	USM webinar: Preparing for implementation (English)	Computershare	Download SFC's presentation
4 April	Saturday Forum	Commercial Radio	Replay available here (subscription needed)

 

Past events

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Date	Event	Organiser
6 June 2025	Annual Corporate and Regulatory Update 2025	Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute
8 Apr 2025	USM Becomes Effective – Must-Know for Issuers	Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute
7 Nov 2024	Moving to USM: Introduction and Outlook (Putonghua)	Chamber of Hong Kong Listed Companies
7 Oct 2024	Navigating the USM regime and 2024 annual report planning	BDO and Union Registrars
22 Aug 2024	Introducing USM: ‘Uncertificated Securities Market’ (Putonghua)	Computershare
20 Aug 2024	Introducing USM: ‘Uncertificated Securities Market’ (English)	Computershare

Last update: 7 Sep 2026