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.