Securities / Derivatives

SZ-HK Stock Connect to Kick-off Before Year End

03/07/2016

CSRC chairman unable to give definitive timetable; plans for Shanghai-London link delayed.

Securities / Derivatives

Asia’s Digital On-boarding Challenge

22/06/2016

Appway survey reveals how regulations, technology, and compliance are driving competition among wealth managers in Asia.

Securities / Derivatives

HK SFC Planning Fund Liquidity Rules

17/06/2016

Regulators’ increasingly concerned about role of investment funds as source of systemic risk.

Securities / Derivatives

China Grants 1st RQFII Quota to US

08/06/2016

USD38 billion quota is the second largest after Hong Kong’s.

Market Infrastructure

Japan Grants FCO Status to CME

05/06/2016

US futures company will compete with UK’s LCH in interest-rate swaps market.

Securities / Derivatives

Navigating Risk in an Increasingly Interconnected Asia

03/06/2016

How globalisation and technological advances have increased the region’s complexity and sophistication.

Market Infrastructure

India to Slash Number of Listed Firms

27/05/2016

Approximately 1,200 companies suspended from trading for seven years will be asked to exit market.

FATCA Still a Taxing Issue for Asian FIs

18/05/2016

Compliance still an issue for Asian financial institutions despite the milestones reached.

Securities / Derivatives

ARFP Faces Tax, Political Challenges

10/05/2016

Singapore’s absence from passport can support progress on cross-border tax issues.