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Hong Kong Prop Trading Firm for German founders

Setting up a prop trading firm in Hong Kong as a German founder is a three-variable problem: the Hong Kong entity, the prop trading firm regulatory profile, and the home-country exposure of the UBO.

Hong Kong entity

Offshore claim requires substance and operational evidence

Prop Trading Firm considerations

Proprietary capital trading across spot, derivatives, OTC.

German UBO exposure

AStG add-back taxation, exit tax on >1% holdings, substance critical.

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