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Hong Kong Case Law

Securities margin financing
  • 21 May 2018

    RE HONG KONG INVESTMENTS GROUP LTD

    Citation
    [2018] HKCFI 984
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCCW63/2017

    The Court concluded the Company failed to show a genuine dispute on substantial grounds or a crossclaim with mutuality; the December Facility Agreement's purpose was to repay existing indebtedness not to provide securities margin financing so illegality under the SFO did not arise; HT Securities had priority over the margin account assets which were insufficient to satisfy HT Securities and thus unavailable to the Petitioner; the Company had sufficient connection with Hong Kong and the Court properly exercised its discretion to wind up the Company and make a bankruptcy order against the Debto…