Hong Kong SFC publishes first AI readiness survey of large institutions

The significance here lies less in the adoption finding than in the gap the SFC flags between widespread use and responsible scaling — a distinction regulators are increasingly drawing as AI spreads through trading, compliance and monitoring functions. The survey's focus on large institutions makes it a template for how Hong Kong's regulator will likely frame supervisory expectations, and other jurisdictions will read it as a signal of the city's posture. The open question is whether the SFC follows the survey with guidance or stays in data-gathering mode; the survey's own findings on scaling challenges are the natural hook for that next step.