At the Hong Kong Budget 2025-26 speech, Financial Secretary Paul Chan said that the Hong Kong Stock Exchange HKEX will gradually introduce new functions to its post-trade system from the middle of this year, to ensure technical compatibility with the T1 settlement cycle by end of this year.
Additionally, the HKEX, together with Hong Kong’s regulator the Securities and Futures Commission SFC, will review the “board lot” trading system, and is expected to put forward proposed enhancements to facilitate trading processes this year.
Trading efficiency improvement is raised as one of the key strategies for Hong Kong to help its status as a global...