Towards a Twin Peak Regulatory Architecture for Hong Kong?

Abstract

This chapter argues that a Twin Peaks model designed around financial stability and market conduct regulators supervising all financial sectors would overcome the sectoral model’s limitations. This regulatory change supports the evolution and competitiveness of Hong Kong as an international centre for finance and technology. The proposed reform agenda concludes that technological developments, cost-effective and proportionate regulatory reforms, and a modern regulatory architectural design for setting internationally recognised standards of smart regulation enabled by regulatory technology or RegTech must be the path forward.