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Securities / Derivatives
SET to Streamline Market Data Licensing Processes
07/04/2023
The Stock Exchange of Thailand has partnered with DataBP to launch a new online platform that will simplify reporting and standardise market data administration.
ESG / Sustainability
Bursa Malaysia Joins International Emissions Trading Association
07/04/2023
Bursa Malaysia will contribute to the development of the global carbon market through its IETA membership.
Fintech / Regtech
RBI Scraps Plans to Allow Firms to Develop UPI Alternative
07/04/2023
RBI deputy governor T Rabi Sankar says ‘new umbrella entity’ applicants did not propose solutions that were particularly innovative.
India Sets Up Panel to Review National Pension System
07/04/2023
The panel will seek to improve the benefits to government employees covered under the NPS and try to unify the different schemes adopted across India.
Securities / Derivatives
FSC Korea Finalises New Rules for Convertible Preference Shares
07/04/2023
The rules were amended to prevent large shareholders from using (redeemable) convertible preference shares to dilute small shareholders.
SEBI Issues New Advertising Rules for Advisers, Analysts
06/04/2023
SEBI’s new rules seek to curb misleading investment advertisements and address the use of unregistered brand names, trade names and logos.
Fintech / Regtech
BNM Proposes to Introduce ‘Green Lane’ for FinTech Sandbox
06/04/2023
The ‘Innovation Green Lane’ will offer a more risk-proportionate and accelerated pathway for innovative solutions by financial institutions with strong risk management capabilities.
Enforcement
ICBC Under Probe for Underwriting, Bond Pricing Practices
06/04/2023
The pricing of debt financing instruments underwritten by ICBC “seriously deviated from the reasonable level of the market” and “disturbed the market order”.
Crypto / Digital Assets
UBS Executes Cross-border Intraday Repo on Broadridge Blockchain Platform
06/04/2023
Intraday repo provides a more efficient means of managing liquidity, while also providing additional funding flexibility and reducign operational risk.
AML / KYC
UPDATED – HK Police Charge 10 Suspects for Ramp-and-Dump Activities
06/04/2023
Four of the individuals are alleged to have conspired with some of the individuals who were charged last September to use nominee accounts to corner the shares of two target stocks.
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