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January–October data show a change in product mix beneath nearly flat total derivatives volume. IPO proceeds rose 84%, while cash-market activity and October’s trading-day effects followed different paths.
A HK$555m decline in derivatives net investment income more than accounts for the segment’s HK$406m revenue decrease. Cash securities still supplied about 80% of group revenue growth.
HKEX’s Q3 revenue rose HK$92m, while Corporate Funds income rose HK$99m and core business revenue declined HK$17m.
HKEX posted a 1% Q3 increase inside a record nine-month result. Its revenue bridge shows core business and foundation income were down a net HK$7m, while corporate funds added HK$99m.
Hong Kong exchange participants must prepare for a Saturday OTP-C and OTP-CSC failover exercise, including notification, market-data coordination and post-test evaluation.
HKEX says its listed-derivatives clearing houses accepted more than RMB400m of eligible mainland bonds as collateral on the new service’s first day.
Third-quarter shareholder profit fell to HK$4.859bn despite stronger Northbound Stock Connect and LME activity. Nine-month profit remained 15% higher, showing the difference between the latest quarter and the year to date.
The proposed 75-minute extension remains subject to regulatory approval and market readiness. A further move to 5:15am in November 2027 is being considered separately.
Seven institutions posted more than RMB400 million of bonds on the first day. The extension covers specified China government, policy bank and offshore Ministry of Finance bonds.
The new contracts start on 18 January 2027, with a levy waiver through 16 July; a linked circular also stops new contract months for 20 existing products from year-end.
HKEX has shifted the cash market towards a one-day settlement cycle, with earlier risk reports, real-time instruction processing and readiness testing still to come.
Its October regulatory-workload report distinguishes current pipeline status from new listings, renewals and special investment-vehicle applications.
The SFC’s new circular distinguishes all firms’ client-ID mapping duties from the additional order-tagging and participation forms expected of exchange participants.
The new layer covers fund holdings, settlement cash flows and reconciliation, following the repository and order-routing launches.
The confirmed framework links BCAN order identifiers to client identity data and is intended to launch with the Orion Derivatives Platform.