ESG / Sustainability

Bursa Malaysia Publish Digitalisation, Nation Building Guidance for PLCs

06/12/2022

Five digital guidebooks have now been published under the PLC Transformation programme, to help deliver sustainable and robust financial performance from listed companies.

Market Infrastructure

HKTR Announces Transitional Arrangement to Accommodate UTI Reporting

05/12/2022

Due to different UT adoption timelines across jurisdictions, reporting entities are allowed to report the UTI in any of the data fields of “UTI-USI”, “UTI-TID” or “Global UTI”.

Securities / Derivatives

China Finalises New Rules to Encourage Panda Bond Issuances

05/12/2022

The rules do not impose restrictions on the retention of funds raised by panda bonds in China or remittances abroad.

Market Infrastructure

RBI Adds Modified MIFOR to List of Significant Benchmarks

05/12/2022

The Modified MIFOR curve will replace the FBIL MIFOR curve for new contracts, using Adjusted SOFR instead of USD LIBOR.

Securities / Derivatives

CSRC Approves Silicon Derivatives on Guangzhou Futures Exchange

05/12/2022

China is the world’s largest industrial producer, consumer, and exporter of industrial silicon, which is used in solar panels, electronics and the automotive sector.

CBIRC Expands Corporate Governance Evaluation System for FIs

05/12/2022

The evaluation indicators were revised to increase focus on areas such as major shareholders, party leadership, shareholder equity, related transactions, and director nomination.

Securities / Derivatives

SEBI Instructs Fund Managers to Monitor Telegram for Name Misuse

05/12/2022

SEBI said some Telegram groups were impersonating mutual fund houses and has instructed AMCs to put in place monitoring to detect such activity.

Fintech / Regtech

BSP Launches New, Free, Interoperable Bill Payment Facility

05/12/2022

Through Bills Pay PH, customers can make digital payments to almost 500 on-boarded billers for free even if they use different payment service providers.

Securities / Derivatives

Euroclear to Link Global Investors to Korea Treasury Bonds

05/12/2022

Euroclear Bank and Korea Securities Depository will collaborate to provide international investors post trade access to Korea treasury bonds and monetary stabilisation bonds.