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HKEX appoints head of digital assets

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On Friday, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) announced that Andrew Loong is the new Managing Director and Head of Digital Assets. He will oversee the development of both products and infrastructure.

This isn’t HKEX’s first digital asset appointment, as he succeeds Andrew Walton, who joined in July 2022. Walton previously worked at OSL, the first Hong Kong licensed virtual asset firm. Loong’s most recent role was with OSL’s parent BC Technology as head of Head of Security Token Offering Structuring. BC Technology also has an institutional joint venture with Standard Chartered, Zodia Markets.

Loong is a lawyer with significant securities transactional experience, including at ANZ and Mizuho. 

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