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Following the enactment last year of the Limited Partnership Fund Ordinance, which has seen strong take up in its first eight months of operation, the new tax concession on carried interest earned from the activities of private equity funds which was proposed by the Hong Kong Government in 2020, has now been introduced. The Inland Revenue (Amendment) (Tax Concessions for Carried Interest) Ordinance 2021 (“
Ordinance”) was enacted into law on 7 May, 2021, by way of amendment to the Inland Revenue Ordinance (“
IRO”). Under this new concession, eligible carried interest received or accrued on or after from 1 April, 2020 will be subject to zero percent profits tax. Individuals who have received carried interest or to whom any such sum has accrued, will also be eligible for a 100% deduction for those sums against their assessable income.
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While Hong Kong SAR saw a modest decline in the number of M&A deals for 2020, the total deal value rose overall compared to 2019, thanks to a solid recovery in the second half of the year. There has been an increase in outbound activity, with a focus on Chinese target companies.
Heightened geopolitical tensions and logistical difficulties caused by COVID-19 have presented challenges to cross-border deal-making, resulting in lengthened deal timetables and market uncertainty as buyers conduct more-detailed due diligence exercises to assess the commercial and regulatory risks of their targets.
Hong Kong SAR continues to be a hub for large-scale private and public M&A transactions. However, due to depressed equity valuations in 2020 resulting from the pandemic, there has been an increased number of take-private and private investment in public equity (PIPE) deals. The state of the capital markets overall heavily influences deal pricing and valuati
Hong Kong: New developments from the SFC for the Open-ended Fund Company.
Hong Kong: New developments from the SFC for the Open-ended Fund Company regime relating to customer due diligence and custodial requirements
Hong Kong s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) published a number of developments to its open-ended fund companies (OFC) regime in the last few weeks of 2020. On 23 December 2020, the SFC released both its conclusions ( Conclusions ) on the customer due diligence (CDD) requirements for OFC consultations and updated frequently asked questions (FAQ) relating to OFCs to clarify custodial requirements.
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Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) published a number of developments to its open-ended fund companies (OFC) regime in the last few weeks of 2020. On 23 December 2020, the SFC released both its conclusions (“Conclusions”) on the customer due diligence (CDD) requirements for OFC consultations and updated frequently asked questions (