Market Infrastructure

KBank, CIMB Thai Complete First OIS Trade Referencing THOR

01/09/2020

KBank and CIMB Thai Bank completed the first overnight indexed swap derivatives transaction referencing Thailand’s new reference rate on Monday.

Big Picture

China Securities Firms to Differentiate with Fintech: KPMG

01/09/2020

Model differentiation and consolidation are expected to be key trends for China’s securities industry going forward, according to a new report from KPMG.

Securities / Derivatives

Bloomberg, CFETS Jointly Launch CIBM-Direct RFQ Service

01/09/2020

The new electronic trading service further facilitates global investors’ access to trade onshore Chinese bonds with onshore market makers in the interbank market.

Crypto / Digital Assets

SGX Completes Asia’s First Digital Syndicated Public Corporate Bond

01/09/2020

SGX’s vision is to fully digitalise the end-to-end corporate bond issuance and asset servicing process, according to senior managing director Lee Beng Hong.

Securities / Derivatives

US SEC Approves Rules to Allow Direct Listings on NYSE

31/08/2020

Direct listings allow private companies to raise money without going through the high IPO underwriting fees charged by investment banks.

Securities / Derivatives

CSRC Approves Daiwa for Majority Owned Securities Joint Venture

31/08/2020

Daiwa will own 51% of the securities joint venture through which it will be seeking licences to provide brokerage, investment banking, and securities underwriting services.

Market Infrastructure

PBOC to Promote Interbank Repo Rates in Financial Products

31/08/2020

Interbank bond repo rates have been based on actual transactions for over 20 years, the PBOC said, pledging to enhance its benchmark interest rate system.

Securities / Derivatives

SGX, GF Securities to Jointly Promote Sino-Singapore Connectivity

31/08/2020

Under an MoU, GF Securities will promote SGX listed derivatives and securities including REITs and fixed income products to its clients.

Fintech / Regtech

BOK Seeks Consulting Partnership to Advance CBDC Work

31/08/2020

BOK is looking to partner with a local company to establish the system architecture for a CBDC to initiate a pilot test by end-2021.