ENAmendment to Directions for Futures Trading by Overseas Chinese and Foreign Nationals
27 Jul 2026
On 30 April 2026, the FSC announced the amendment to Point 9 of the "Directions for Futures Trading by Overseas Chinese and Foreign Nationals", which provides that offshore overseas compatriots and foreign nationals may agree with the futures commission merchants (FCM) to use their offshore deposit accounts to process incoming and outgoing fund transfers for futures trading, not subject to the requirement that such transfers shall be handled through a segregated foreign exchange deposit account for futures trading opened under the name of the custodian as a custody account.