Please bring along the required documents to open a trading account.
Account opening basic requirement:

Individual / Joint Account

• Hong Kong Permanent Residents

  • Hong Kong Identity Card
  • Supporting documents ⁽¹⁾

• Foreigners

  • Valid Official Identity Document / Passport
  • Supporting documents ⁽¹⁾

• ⁽¹⁾ Supporting documents:

  1. Address Proof (e.g.Utilities bill, Bank Statement, etc., dated within 3 months)
  2. Financial Status Proof if required by UOB Kay Hian (Hong Kong)
  3. Latest 3 Months Bank Statement
  4. Bank account information
  5. Self-Certification Form

Corporate Account

• Companies Registered in Hong Kong

  • Business Registration Certificate
  • Latest Annual Return and subsequent form(s) filed with the Hong Kong Companies Registry
  • Audited accounts of the company for the last 2 financial years and a balance sheet at a date not more than 2 months before the date of this Form (or such other financial information as UOB Kay Hian (Hong Kong) Limited may agree)
  • Supporting documents ⁽²⁾

• Companies Registered outside Hong Kong

  • Certificate of Incumbency (being certified by a company registry / a professional third party, which was issued in the last 6 months)
  • Register of Directors
  • Register of Shareholders
  • Office / correspondence address proof of the company (e.g. Utility bill / bank statement, dated within 3 months)
  • Where any document provided by the sole / joint account holder is in a language other than Chinese / English, certified English translation of such document should also be provided
  • Supporting documents ⁽²⁾

• ⁽²⁾ Supporting documents:

  1. Certificate of Incorporation
  2. Memorandum and Articles of Association and amending resolutions (if any)
  3. Board resolutions approving the opening of the account substantially in the form attached
  4. Identity Card(s) / Passport(s), address proof (e.g. Utility bill or bank statement dated within the last 3 months)
  5. Details of the ownership and structure control of the company (e.g. an ownership chart)
  6. Self-Certification Form - Entity
  7. Self-Certification Form - Controlling Person