Trading & Investment

UBS, HSBC Facilitate First QFII Commodity Derivatives Trades in China

14/10/2022

China has recently expanded its QFII programme to include more than 40 commodity futures and options contracts, as well as CFFEX stock options.

Payments & Settlements

RBA Suffers, and Recovers from, Four-Hour Outage

14/10/2022

The outage disrupted real-time and overnight payments routed through the NPP, causing a backlog of transactions which the RBA is working to clear.

Trading & Investment

Taiwan FSC Further Tightens Short Selling Rules

14/10/2022

The FSC already tightened its short selling regulations at the beginning of this month to stabilise the local stock market.

Climate Risk

FSB Finalises Guidance on Climate-related Financial Risks

13/10/2022

The guidance covers the collection of data from FIs, supervisory tools such as scenario analysis, and the development of macroprudential tools.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability

US SEC Probing Funds, Advisers on Staff Messaging Practices

13/10/2022

The SEC’s probe into the use of personal devices and messaging apps has reportedly expanded beyond broker-dealers to include investment funds and advisers.

Custody & Infrastructure

BNY Mellon Launches Digital Asset Custody Platform

13/10/2022

BNY Mellon is the first systemically important US bank to launch a crypto custody platform, leveraging technology from Fireblocks and Chainalysis.

Structural Regulation

US SEC Approves Update to Electronic Recordkeeping Rule

13/10/2022

The amendments add an audit-trail alternative allowing electronic records to be preserved in a way that permits recreation if original records are altered, over-written, or erased.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability

IOSCO Offers Guidance on Curbing Online Misconduct

13/10/2022

IOSCO’s new report offers recommendations to address risks from online marketing and distribution of financial products targeting retail investors.

Sustainable Finance

Hong Kong Launches Sustainable Finance Internship Initiative

13/10/2022

A centralised repository has been launched offering information about green and sustainable finance internship openings offered by FIs and other companies.