| Australian Securities and Investments Commission |
ASIC |
| Automated trading service |
ATS |
| Chief Executive, HKSAR |
CE |
| Chief Executive Officer, SFC |
CEO |
| China Securities Regulatory Commission |
CSRC |
| Collective investment schemes |
CISs |
| Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems |
CPSS |
| Coordination Framework for Implementation Monitoring |
CFIM |
| Corporate social responsibility |
CSR |
| Court of Appeal |
CA |
| Court of First Instance |
CFI |
| Credit rating agencies |
CRAs |
| Dual-Tranche-Dual-Counter |
DTDC |
| Electronic Financial Return System |
e-FRR |
| European Securities and Markets Authority |
ESMA |
| European Union |
EU |
| Exchange-traded fund |
ETF |
| Executive Committee, SFC |
ExCo |
| Executive Directors, SFC |
EDs |
| Financial Dispute Resolution Centre Ltd |
FDRC |
| Financial Secretary |
FS |
| Financial Services Authority |
FSA |
| Financial Stability Board |
FSB |
| Group of Twenty |
G-20 |
| Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd |
HKEx |
| Hong Kong Monetary Authority |
HKMA |
| Hong Kong Society of Financial Analysts |
HKSFA |
| Hong Kong Special Administrative Region |
HKSAR |
| Initial public offering |
IPO |
| Insurance Authority |
IA |
| International Organization of Securities Commissions |
IOSCO |
| Investor Compensation Co, Ltd |
ICC |
| Legislative Council |
LegCo |
| Lehman Brothers |
LB |
| Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority |
MPFA |
| Market Misconduct Tribunal |
MMT |
| Memoranda of understanding |
MOU |
| Non-executive directors, SFC |
NEDs |
| Over-the-counter |
OTC |
| Product Key Facts Statement |
KFS |
| Real Estate Investment Trusts |
REITs |
| Renminbi Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor scheme |
RQFII |
| Securities and Exchange Commission |
SEC |
| Securities and Futures Appeals Tribunal |
SFAT |
| Securities and Futures Ordinance |
SFO |
| Standing Committee on Standards Implementation |
SCSI |
| Systematically important financial institutions |
SIFIs |
| The Open University of Hong Kong |
OUHK |
| The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Ltd |
SEHK |
| Trade repositories |
TRs |
