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Securities / Derivatives
StanChart Completes First China Treasury Bond Futures Trade
10/01/2023
Standard Chartered Bank has become the first foreign bank to complete a transaction in China’s treasury bond futures market.

Market Infrastructure
BaFin Orders Deutsche Börse Entities to Remedy Deficiencies
10/01/2023
Business organisation and risk management deficiencies were identified at Eurex Clearing, Clearstream Banking and Clearstream Holding.

Crypto / Digital Assets
Singapore’s New Crypto Rules Too Restrictive, Says Industry Body
10/01/2023
A blanket ban on providing credit could push retail investors to lend their crypto tokens via unregulated offshore firms.

Crypto / Digital Assets
ECB Seeks Experts to Help Draft CBDC Rulebook
09/01/2023
The Rulebook Development Group will commence work in February 2023, comprising Eurosystem staff and market representatives with relevant experience.

Securities / Derivatives
Dhaka Stock Exchange Launches Alternative Trading Board
09/01/2023
On opening day, green bonds from food and beverage brand Pran Agro Limited and shares in LankaBangla Securities were listed for trading.

Capital / Liquidity
BSP Amends Rules on Single Borrower Limit to Boost Lending
09/01/2023
Banks won’t need approval to exclude credit exposures from the SBL if they are covered by credit risk transfer arrangements such as guarantees or credit derivatives.

Crypto / Digital Assets
US SEC Probes Due Diligence Practices of FTX Investors
09/01/2023
Venture capital firms and investment funds that invested in FTX may face scrutiny about whether they met their fiduciary duties to their own investors.

AML / KYC
Korea FSS Offers Guidance for Auditors on Detecting Corporate Fraud
09/01/2023
The FSS produced the guidance by analysing three years of cases where fraud and embezzlement were detected by external auditors.

Securities / Derivatives
China Planning to Relax Borrowing Restrictions for Developers – Report
09/01/2023
Regulators are reportedly planning to ease borrowing caps on some property firms and extend the deadline for meeting debt targets set by the “three red lines” policy.

Crypto / Digital Assets
Indonesian Regulator Bappebti Seeks to Launch Crypto Exchange
09/01/2023
Bappebti is seeking to establish a new crypto exchange for Indonesian users before its regulatory powers over the sector are transferred to the OJK.
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