The companies, products and regulatory developments shaping the broker industry.
MAS has activated a multi-part financial-sector research and adoption programme spanning practical AI use, agentic deployment and risk management, with tokenisation planned as a later topic.
A survey of 20 large groups covering 78 licensed Hong Kong companies found considerable AI uptake, while the regulator stressed that the sample is not representative of the entire industry.
The September launch places a natural-language assistant and an MCP connection layer inside Calypso. Nasdaq’s broader operational agents remain a planned rollout.
In a 22 October speech, the FCA chief executive argued that agentic trading and fragmented market structures require better supervisory intelligence and stronger use of existing powers. The remarks are strategic direction, not a new offence or binding rule.
Current supervisory guidance applies now, while registries for material AI agents and intent-anchored accountability remain concepts for a forthcoming discussion paper.