Securities / Derivatives

WFE Partners with UN Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative

30/09/2019

The WFE and SSE will collaborate to enhance ESG disclosure at stock exchanges. They have also jointly published a blueprint for embedding sustainability in stock exchange operations.

Securities / Derivatives

Malaysia Proposes Anti-Corruption Measures for Listed Companies

30/09/2019

The consultation also proposes amendments to facilitate the electronic performance of corporate actions by securities holders.

Securities / Derivatives

FMA Issues Draft Guidance on Responsible Investment

30/09/2019

New Zealand’s FMA is seeking feedback on how responsible investment products should be described, labelled and promoted to investors.

Securities / Derivatives

Hong Kong to Regulate Fund Trustees, Custodians

30/09/2019

Fund trustees and custodians in Hong Kong are not subject to any licensing regime or ongoing supervision. The SFC proposes to regulate them under a new type of regulated activity, RA 13.

Securities / Derivatives

SGX to Introduce Price Collars for Auction Mechanism

30/09/2019

The price limits will prevent order matching beyond a certain range of the last traded price for the securities market’s opening, mid-day and closing auction routines.

Capital / Liquidity

SFC to Push Ahead with New Cap on Margin Financing

30/09/2019

From 4 October, margin loans will be capped at five times capital, despite appeals from brokerage firms to postpone the new rules by one year.

Market Infrastructure

Singapore Unveils New Framework for Upskilling Financial Sector

30/09/2019

The IBF, MAS, SkillsFuture and Workforce Singapore jointly developed the framework to help finance industry professionals upgrade their skills and remain relevant.

Market Infrastructure

Most Rules to Prevent Complex Product Mis-selling Already in Place

27/09/2019

Only China, Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore are fully consistent with all nine IOSCO principles on suitability requirements for the distribution of complex financial products.

Market Infrastructure

APAC Central Banks Prepare Market for Benchmark Reforms

27/09/2019

A group of APAC central banks have issued a report on the regional implications of LIBOR’s discontinuation, BMR implementation, and reforms to local benchmarks.