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    Securities / Derivatives

    SEBI Relaxes Public Shareholding Requirement for Listed Entities

    16/05/2020

    The move will mean promoters with more than 75% shareholding in a listed company will not have to divest their holdings while the current challenging environment persists.

    AML / KYC

    Westpac Files Defence in Federal Court on its AML/CTF Failures

    16/05/2020

    While Westpac made a number of admissions regarding AUSTRAC’s claims, the bank said the majority of its international money transfers were correctly reported.

    Enforcement

    SFC Declines to Take Action Against HSBC for No-dividend Decision

    15/05/2020

    Some investors in HSBC alleged the bank failed to safeguard their interests. Others questioned whether the bank’s discussions with the Bank of England were disclosed in a timely manner.

    Market Infrastructure

    CCP Margin Models May Need Fine-tuning: BIS Paper

    15/05/2020

    Some CCP margin models underestimate market volatility because they rely on a short period of historical price movements from tranquil times, the paper says.

    Uncategorised

    ISDA Publishes Final Report on Pre-cessation Fallbacks for LIBOR

    15/05/2020

    ISDA expects to publish amendments to the 2006 ISDA Definitions to incorporate the fallbacks for new trades in July, along with a protocol to allow participants to incorporate the revisions into legacy trades.

    Capital / Liquidity

    Sri Lanka Central Bank Bans Dividends, Share Buybacks at Banks

    15/05/2020

    Foreign banks are prohibited from repatriating profits. LCR and NSFR requirements have been reduced to 90%. Banks are told to refrain from non-essential expenditures.

    Market Infrastructure

    China Issues Guidelines on Greater Bay Opening Up

    15/05/2020

    The PBOC will pilot cross-border PE and VC investments and explore the establishment of a futures exchange in Guangzhou and an international commercial bank to serve Greater Bay Area.

    Market Infrastructure

    China Admits Fitch Subsidiary into Onshore Credit Rating Market

    15/05/2020

    China had committed to removing restrictions on US credit rating agencies entering its markets under the trade agreement with the US in January.

    ESG / Sustainability

    Hong Kong Launches New Certification Scheme for ESG Funds

    14/05/2020

    The new green finance certification scheme for ESG funds is an extension of the HKQAA’s certification service for green funds, launched in September 2019.

    Securities / Derivatives

    ASIC Withdraws Trading Limits Imposed on Equity Market Participants

    14/05/2020

    Trading restrictions imposed in March due to an abnormally large increase in trades executed have been revoked following processing enhancements by market operators.

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