Fund managers both praise and begrudge broad-brush regulation sparked by the collapse of Lehman Brothers five years ago this weekend. In Hong Kong, there is one point of universal agreement.
Compliance officers at financial institutions outline how the cost of complying with a raft of regulatory reforms is dampening innovation and making it difficult to stay competitive.
Hong Kong activist investor David Webb says structured products such as LehmanÆs Minibonds need uniform regulation and other measures to restore investor confidence.