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U.S. market Solana ETFs recorded their longest consecutive streak of net inflows at 14 weeks; in the same week this streak ended, Hong Kong launched its second Solana ETF. The article explores the differences in positioning toward Solana between the two markets, analyzing which market has a more accurate judgment on Solana.
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) announced that it will launch 12 single-stock option contracts on November 9, 2026. The new contracts will offer both weekly and monthly expiry options starting from the first trading day. With this addition, HKEX's weekly single-stock options will cover 66 listed companies or ETFs across various sectors. In the first nine months of 2026, the average daily trading volume of HKEX's single-stock options reached 899,056 contracts, a historical record for the same period, representing a 1.4% increase year-on-year.
The SFC, the AFRC and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of HKEX, issued a joint statement addressing regulatory concerns over the rising number of audit opinion disclaimers related solely to going concern. The statement sets out clear performance requirements for the management, audit committees and auditors of listed issuers. The three parties will continue to closely monitor the situation, and if no significant improvement is seen, HKEX will consider amending the Listing Rules, including requiring the suspension of relevant listed issuers.
HKEX announced that its wholly-owned subsidiaries, the on-exchange derivatives clearing houses Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company Limited (HKCC) and Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (SEOCH), will, starting from November 2026 and subject to regulatory approval, include Chinese government bonds, policy bank bonds held under Northbound Bond Connect, and offshore bonds issued by the Ministry of Finance in the scope of eligible non-cash collateral to cover margin requirements.
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) held the 2026 Treasury Markets Summit on September 23, 2026, where Chief Executive Eddie Yue delivered a keynote speech focusing on the development of Hong Kong's bond market. He noted that the Hong Kong bond market has achieved a compound annual growth rate of 20% over the past 20 years, and more than half of the world's digital bonds were issued in Hong Kong in the first half of 2026. The market development will be advanced from four dimensions: diversification, depth, vibrancy, and digitalization.
On September 9, 2026, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) issued a circular on private market investments addressed to registered institutions. This circular is currently in effect and is linked to historical circulars in the same series issued on April 8, 2016, July 8, 2019, and November 22, 2019.
Hong Kong's HKMA, SFC, IA and MPFA, together with Hong Kong Cyberport, have announced the first batch of selected participants for the Generative AI Sandbox++. 36 use cases were selected from nearly 100 proposals, involving 30 financial institutions and 27 technology partners, focusing on agentic AI application testing. The selected use cases will cover end-to-end processes such as customer account opening, payments, and insurance claims, and will subsequently test AI's ability to dynamically supervise other AI applications.
The Hong Kong Investment Funds Association (HKIFA) has publicly welcomed the 2026/27 Budget, supporting the HKSAR Government's measures to consolidate Hong Kong's position as an international asset and wealth management center. The Association endorses the Budget's directions including advancing RMB internationalization, optimizing the fund tax regime, and including real estate investment trusts and RMB counters in Stock Connect, and will continue to collaborate with stakeholders to promote the industry's sustainable development.
The Hong Kong Investment Funds Association (HKIFA) has launched a three-part investor education animation series, partnering with the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) to promote fund literacy and anti-fraud awareness. Since its launch in mid-October, the series has accumulated 1.6 million views. In the first three quarters of 2025, total Hong Kong retail fund sales reached USD 82.6 billion, up 35% year-on-year, exceeding the full-year total of 2024; net inflows reached USD 15.7 billion, up 44% year-on-year, the highest level since 2015.
