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4. Regulatory requirements

Codes and Guidelines

• Code of Conduct

Circulars

• Circular to intermediaries - Updates to acceptable account opening approaches
  (30 May 2025)
• Circular to intermediaries - Amendment of paragraph 5.1 of the Code of Conduct
  (28 June 2019)
• Circular to intermediaries - Remote onboarding of overseas individual clients
  (28 June 2019)

FAQs

• FAQs on Account Opening

Last update: 30 May 2025