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Credit Risk
China Tightens Rules for Banks on Commercial Bill Business
25/11/2022
The changes will help prevent false trade invoices, promote the resilience of industrial supply chains, and improve overall market fairness and transparency.
Trading & Investment
SEBI Proposes Changes to Stock Buyback Process
25/11/2022
SEBI proposes to phase out the open market route as a buyback mechanism and to increase the limit for buybacks via the tender offer route.
Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime
INTERPOL Operation Sees $129m in Crypto Assets Seized
25/11/2022
Operation Haechi III resulted in the arrest of 975 individuals and allowed investigators to resolve more than 1,600 fraud and scam cases.
Trading & Investment
Taiwan to Allow Foreign Investors to Pledge Local Shares for Loans
25/11/2022
Foreign institutional investors will be able to borrow funds from domestic financial institutions using local equities as collateral.
Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime
HK Court Orders Investment Company to Compensate Clients
25/11/2022
The investment firm sold clients’ securities without authorisation, misappropriated the proceeds, and fabricated documents to conceal the transactions.
Data Privacy
UK Finalises South Korea Data Adequacy Decision
25/11/2022
UK organisations will be able to securely share personal data, including credit information, with South Korea before the end of the year.
Trading & Investment
Swap Connect Launch Facing Likely Delay – Report
25/11/2022
Opening China’s USD 5 trillion swap market to foreign investors will enable them to better manage interest rate risks arising from Chinese bond investments.
Structural Regulation
ASIC Issues Updated Guidance on ETP Naming Conventions
25/11/2022
ETP naming conventions are divided into two levels: primary labels which indicate product type, and secondary labels which indicate specific risks or strategies.
Structural Regulation
SGX Issues New Standards for Virtual/Hybrid General Meetings
25/11/2022
The standards cover the functional capabilities, availability levels, and recovery provisions of systems that enable issuers to hold virtual and hybrid general meetings.
Sustainable Finance
HKEX Carbon Marketplace ‘Well Received’ by Market
24/11/2022
In the four weeks since its launch, Core Climate has recorded more than 40 trades, representing around 400,000 tonnes of carbon credits.
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