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Market Infrastructure
Korea Proposes Tighter Rules for Credit Information Agencies
By Editors | 24/09/2024
The proposed amendments aim to address two primary issues: false evaluations and the coercion of credit information companies.

Securities / Derivatives
HKEX Establishes Task Force to Develop New Funds Platform
By Editors | 23/09/2024
The task force comprises representatives from AllianceBernstein, Amundi, ASIFMA, Blackrock, HKIFA, Invesco and other firms.

Market Infrastructure
BIS Paper Examines Central Clearing in Government Bonds
By Manesh Samtani | 22/09/2024
New BIS paper says centrally clearing could help mitigate risks and improve intermediation but introduce different challenges.

Market Infrastructure
ASIC Issues Guidance on Identifying Critical Business Services
By Thisanka Siripala | 21/09/2024
ASIC found deficiencies in how market participants are identifying critical business services and notifying the regulator of potentially disruptive events.

Securities / Derivatives
US SEC Adopts Market Reforms, Including Lower Tick Sizes
By Editors | 21/09/2024
SEC Chair Gary Gensler said the reforms will help promote greater transparency, competition, fairness, and efficiency in the equity market.

Securities / Derivatives
Hong Kong Market Will Stay Open During Typhoons Starting Monday
By Manesh Samtani | 20/09/2024
Market participants accounting for 99.9% of the securities market and all derivatives participants have declared they are fully prepared for the reform.

Crypto / Digital Assets
UK Banks Complete Experimental Phase of Digital Money Project
By Mark Johnston | 20/09/2024
UK Finance and its member banks have successfully completed the experimental phase of a tokenisation and CBDC platform.

Capital / Liquidity
French and German Banks Calling on RBI to Adjust Trading Rules
By Manesh Samtani | 19/09/2024
The existing rules would not be able to accommodate a third-party trading model proposed as a temporary solution to address ESMA’s derecognition of Indian CCPs.

Crypto / Digital Assets
Australia Launches Three Year Digital Money Roadmap
By Thisanka Siripala | 19/09/2024
The RBA has decided to prioritise the development of wholesale CBDC rather than retail CBDC. Next month it will launch a “public phase” of its wholesale CBDC project.

Market Infrastructure
US, Hong Kong Cut Rates for the First Time in Four Years
By Manesh Samtani | 19/09/2024
The last time the US Federal Reserve and HKMA lowered their benchmark interest rates was during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020.
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