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Regulatory status and standards

HPT Group Limited is an advisory firm incorporated in Hong Kong. This page sets out our standing, our operating standards, how we handle introduction payments and complaints, and how regulated work is delivered through licensed providers.

Last updated: 27 October 2026.

1. What HPT Group is

HPT Group Limited is a cross-border advisory firm incorporated in Hong Kong. We design and coordinate corporate, banking and trust structures for founders, families and operating businesses. Services are provided by HPT Group Limited, Hong Kong, and, where stated, by licensed third-party providers.

HPT Group is not a licensed Trust or Company Service Provider, fund administrator, banking institution, immigration agent or regulated investment adviser in any jurisdiction. Where an engagement requires a regulated counterparty (for example, the formation and ongoing maintenance of an entity, the appointment of a trustee, the application for a financial-services licence, or the operation of a regulated fund vehicle), HPT identifies, briefs and coordinates the regulated counterparty. The regulated work is performed by that counterparty under its own authorisation. HPT's role is advisory: designing the structure, documenting the decisions, coordinating the parties and producing the working-papers file.

2. How regulated work is delivered

Most of the matters described on hpt.group involve at least one regulated activity in at least one jurisdiction. The pattern is consistent across engagements:

Formation work is delivered by a licensed TCSP, formation agent or corporate-services provider in the relevant jurisdiction, on its own authorisation.
Trustee and fiduciary appointments are taken by a regulated trustee in the relevant jurisdiction.
Banking introductions are made to regulated banks and electronic- money institutions; the client's banking relationship is with the bank, not with HPT.
Licensing applications (EMI, PSP, VASP, iGaming, fund manager) are prepared by HPT and filed with the relevant regulator by the client or a licensed local counsel; HPT does not hold the resulting licence.
Investment-fund administration is delivered by a licensed fund administrator in the fund's domicile.
Tax and legal advice on a specific jurisdiction is obtained from qualified counsel admitted to practise in that jurisdiction.

Every engagement letter names the counterparties, the regulated entity in each leg of the structure, and the scope of HPT's advisory role separately from the scope of the regulated parties' work.

3. Customer due diligence

Before any engagement starts, we carry out customer due diligence and, where the risk calls for it, enhanced due diligence. These procedures include identity and address verification, beneficial- ownership confirmation, source-of-funds review, sanctions screening (UK, EU, US OFAC, UN and other applicable lists) and politically-exposed-person (PEP) screening.

We will decline an engagement where the client cannot satisfy the due-diligence requirements, where the matter or counterparty appears on a sanctions list, or where the structure as proposed is not capable of supporting transparent reporting under CRS, FATCA, DAC8 or other applicable information-exchange regimes.

4. Information security

Client information is encrypted in transit and at rest. Access is restricted to the people working on the matter, with multi-factor authentication required for systems holding client information. HPT is not certified to ISO/IEC 27001.

5. Fees, introduction payments and conflicts of interest

Fees agreed in writing before work begins. Where a bank or provider pays us for an introduction, we tell you before the introduction is made. The disclosure states who is paying us and on what basis, so that you can take it into account before deciding whether to proceed with that provider.

If a conflict of interest arises during an engagement, we will disclose it in writing and either decline the conflicted part of the matter, refer the client to alternative counsel, or seek written informed consent from all affected clients before proceeding.

6. Complaints procedure

Our full procedure is on the complaints page. In short: if you have a complaint about the work delivered by HPT, write to compliance@hpt.group, marked “Formal complaint”, or to the principal director at our principal place of business. Please include: your name and contact details, the relevant engagement letter or matter reference, a description of the complaint, what you would like as a resolution, and any supporting documentation.

We will acknowledge your complaint within two business days and send a final written response within 30 days. Where the complaint relates to a regulated counterparty introduced through HPT (a bank, a TCSP, a trustee), the counterparty's own complaints procedure also applies and we will help you escalate to them.

7. Record-keeping

Engagement records are retained for at least seven years from the close of the engagement. Records are stored in encrypted, access-controlled systems.

8. Contact

Compliance and complaints: compliance@hpt.group. General enquiries: enquiries@hpt.group.