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HKSI Licensing Examination Paper 1 (Regulation) Exam Cram Sheet (2026)
The highest-yield points on the HKSI Licensing Examination Paper 1 (Regulation)exam, grouped by the exam's real content areas. Print it, review the ones you keep missing, then drill them with free practice questions.
60questions
90 mintime limit
70to pass
8content areas
Business Conduct and Client Relations
18% of the exam- The nine General Principles are the exam's backbone
- Know your client (KYC): the diligence starts before the trade
- Suitability: the obligation that dominates conduct questions
- The written client agreement and the information given to clients
- Conflicts of interest and dealing as principal (GP6)
- How Paper 1 tests business conduct
The Securities and Futures Ordinance (SFO)
15% of the exam- One consolidating statute, organised in Parts
- The licensing requirement (s.114)
- The ten regulated activities (Schedule 5)
- Market misconduct: parallel civil and criminal routes
- Disclosure of inside information and of interests (Parts XIVA and XV)
- How Paper 1 tests the SFO
Licensing, Registration and Subsidiary Legislation
15% of the exam- Who is licensed: corporations, representatives and responsible officers
- The fit-and-proper test
- Competence and Continuous Professional Training (CPT)
- Managers-In-Charge (MIC) and senior-management accountability
- Client assets: the Client Money and Client Securities Rules
- Records, capital, temporary licences and how the topic is tested
Regulatory Overview of the Hong Kong Financial Industry
12% of the exam- The SFC: independent statutory regulator
- The SFC's regulatory objectives
- The division of labour: HKMA, IA, MPFA and the FSTB
- HKEX: the market operator, not a regulator
- Governance and funding: why independence matters
- The SFC's operating divisions and how the topic is tested
Business Operations, Internal Controls and AML
12% of the exam- Internal controls and senior-management responsibility
- The AMLO framework and the risk-based approach
- Customer due diligence (CDD) under AMLO Schedule 2
- Higher and lower risk: EDD, PEPs, reliance and record-keeping
- Suspicious transactions, tipping off and terrorist financing
- Personal data protection and how the topic is tested
Participating in the Exchanges and Accessing Public Capital
10% of the exam- Trading, clearing and settlement through CCASS
- Accessing public capital: the listing regime
- Main Board eligibility: financial tests and public float
- IPO mechanics: sponsors, prospectus and dual filing
- IPO allocation and stabilisation tools
- Takeovers, mergers and share buy-backs
Market Misconduct and Improper Trading Practices
10% of the exam- The six forms of market misconduct
- Insider dealing in detail
- False trading, price rigging and manipulation
- The Market Misconduct Tribunal (MMT)
- Consequences: civil orders versus criminal penalties
- How Paper 1 tests market misconduct
Principles of Hong Kong Law and the Companies Ordinance
8% of the exam- A common-law system preserved under the Basic Law
- The essentials of a binding contract
- Misrepresentation and its consequences
- Agency: acting for a principal
- Companies: separate legal personality and limited liability
- Raising money from the public: the prospectus
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