An SFC spokesperson declined to comment. Choy is planning to retire and will depart the commission soon, some of the people said, without providing an exact date.
Hong Kong is losing one of its longest-serving markets regulators as Keith Choy prepares to step down, according to people familiar with the matter.
Choy, senior director of the Intermediaries Supervision Department, will leave the Securities and Futures Commission after 26 years, the people said, asking not to be identified discussing private information. A notice seeking his replacement was published Friday on the watchdog’s website.
