Match the regulated activity type with its description: providing credit rating services.

• A. Type 6
• B. Type 7
• C. Type 5
• D. Type 10

Answer: (D)

Credit rating services involve evaluating and assigning credit risk ratings to issuers or debt instruments and communicating those ratings to investors. This is a specialized service that isn’t about executing trades or giving investment advice, so it sits in the regulated activity category that specifically covers credit rating activities. In the HKSI framework, this category is Type 10. The other activities address different functions such as dealing in securities or providing securities-related advice, which don’t describe credit rating services.