Trading & Investment

HKEX Goes Live with New Market Access Platform

28/09/2021

The new central gateway offers “improved performance and reduced latency” compared with the vendor-supplied platform it replaces, HKEX said.

Structural Regulation

BNM Announces Launch of New Reference Rate MYOR

28/09/2021

The MYOR will run in parallel to the existing KLIBOR, although publication of the lesser referenced two- and 12-month KLIBOR tenors will be discontinued.

Structural Regulation

CSRC Approves Neuberger Berman China Fund Business

28/09/2021

Neuberger Berman becomes just the third foreign fund manager to be granted approval for a domestic mutual fund business after BlackRock and Fidelity.

Sustainable Finance

BOJ to Finance Banks’ Green Loans, Green Bond Investments

28/09/2021

Lenders will receive zero-interest financing for the provision of green and sustainability-linked loans and investment in green and sustainability-linked bonds.

Tokenisation

SGX-Temasek JV to Launch Issuer Services Platform in Q4 2021

27/09/2021

Marketnode has established partnerships with 10 FIs to facilitate the launch of the new platform, which is part of a new digital infrastructure for fixed income.

Trading & Investment

TFEX Extends Trading Hours to Facilitate Currency Hedging

27/09/2021

TFEX says extended trading hours will accommodate investors’ trading needs and enable them to manage foreign exchange risk more conveniently.

Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime

US DOJ Agrees to Release of Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou

27/09/2021

Under a deferred prosecution agreement, Meng admitted to making material misrepresentations to HSBC regarding Huawei’s operations in Iran.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability

Australia Funds Industry Prone to Conflicts of Interest

26/09/2021

A “long, complex value chain” of intermediaries between fund managers and retail investors raises the potential for conflicts of interest.

Trading & Investment

ICMA, NAFMII Publish Guidance on China Interbank Bond Market

26/09/2021

The guidance includes a handbook on investing in the CIBM, as well as a set of case studies to help foreign companies better understand panda bond issuance.