Securities / Derivatives

Fund Managers Relocating Staff Away from Hong Kong: HKIFA

18/08/2022

A survey of 36 fund managers found that almost 70 percent are finding it difficult to hire non-local and non-mainland staff to work in Hong Kong due to Covid restrictions.

Sanctions

LME Bans Russian Nickel From UK Warehouse Facilities

18/08/2022

Higher duties on Russian metals imposed as part of a sanctions package have now been extended to nickel.

Crypto / Digital Assets

ASIC Concerned by Extent of Retail Investors Exposed to Crypto

18/08/2022

ASIC chair Joe Longo says better investor protections are needed after a survey of retail investors founr 44 percent were holding cryptocurrency.

Market Infrastructure

FCA Calls on Issuers to Transition Remaining LIBOR Bonds

18/08/2022

Issuers of remaining GBP, JPY and USD LIBOR-linked bonds should initiate consent solicitation processes, and not rely on synthetic rates.

Crypto / Digital Assets

Korea FSS Targets Illegal Short Selling, FX Transactions

17/08/2022

October inspections will focus on firms with high volumes of short selling transactions. Probe into crypto-related FX transactions still underway.

Securities / Derivatives

Investment Funds Increasingly Setting Up as Singapore VCCs

17/08/2022

Singapore has reportedly been welcoming more than a dozen investment funds every month under the VCC regime.

Capital / Liquidity

China to Issue Guarantees on Bonds Issued by Developers

17/08/2022

State-owned China Bond Insurance will give unconditional and irrevocable joint liability guarantees for batches of bond sales in the interbank market.

AML / KYC

China Sanctions Taiwanese Politicians Over Official US Visit

17/08/2022

China’s sanctions targets include Taiwan’s de facto ambassador to the US, five lawmakers and an activist.

Korea to Launch Small Business Loan Refinancing Programme

17/08/2022

Banks and nonbank lenders will offer refinancing of business loans taken by self-employed and small merchants with interest rates of 7 percent or higher.