以下轉載 Ronald Leung 於原刊日期發表的評論。觀點、邀請及產品資料反映發表當時的情況，並不構成投資建議、要約、回報保證，亦不代表產品目前可供使用。
The FCA is preparing a framework for tokenised gold. The reason it gave is worth reading twice: to protect the dominance of London.
Hong Kong does not need to catch up on this one. Cap 615 s.53ZTZ already defines a precious-asset-backed instrument. It then lists, one by one, six things such an instrument does not include:
-> a security under Cap 571 -> a futures contract -> an interest in a collective investment scheme -> a structured product -> an OTC derivative product -> a virtual asset
Those six are the line between Hong Kong Customs and the SFC, and they were drawn into the ordinance years ago.
So the open question is not whether Hong Kong can regulate tokenised gold.
In a recent interview with the South China Morning Post SCMP ,I asked: "Does it (Hong Kong) want to be a creator, or a follower?"
It is whether Hong Kong stays a warehouse for the metal, or builds at the instrument and settlement layers, which is a strong lever to power the economy of Asia.
And we're already few steps ahead.