MARKET INFRASTRUCTURE

Market Infrastructure

FMA, NZX Seek Public Views on Capital Markets Development Plan

By Editors | 10/05/2019

New Zealand’s Financial Markets Authority and the NZX are seeking public input on a 10 year plan to develop the nation’s capital markets.

Market Infrastructure

Australia Seeks Mandatory Carbon Risk Reporting by 2021

By Editors | 10/05/2019

A green political party in Australia has announced a new policy that will make carbon risk reporting mandatory for banks, insurers, super funds and the largest listed companies in 2021.

Market Infrastructure

HKEX Reports on Business Progress in Quarterly Results

By Manesh Samtani | 10/05/2019

Among the updates are plans to extend trading hours for derivatives products and introduce new interest rate derivatives. HKEX also reportedly plans to shorten IPO settlement to T+1.

Market Infrastructure

Australian Regulators Urge Action on LIBOR Transition

By Editors | 10/05/2019

Firms should be aware of the size and nature of their LIBOR exposures, put in place robust fall-back provisions in LIBOR contracts, and be taking action to transition to alternative rates.

Fintech / Regtech

Banks Need to Be More Agile to Remain Competitive

By Salomon Wettstein | 10/05/2019

Banks have not invested sufficiently in modernising their core internal systems due to a stronger focus on customer-facing applications, says Synpulse partner Salomon Wettstein.

Fintech / Regtech

HKMA Grants Four More Virtual Bank Licences

By Manesh Samtani | 09/05/2019

Ant Financial, Tencent, ICBC Asia, HKEX, Xiaomi and Ping An are among the backers of the four licence recipients, bringing the total number of virtual banks in Hong Kong to eight.

ESG / Sustainability

Climate Change a Major Financial Risk, say APRA, ASIC

By Editors | 09/05/2019

“Ultimately there will only be one form of finance, and that will be green finance,” said APRA head of insurance Geoff Summerhayes at the ACSI annual conference.

Fintech / Regtech

Open Banking Security Risks May Open Pandora’s Box

By Peter Lancos | 09/05/2019

The open banking initiative could be put in jeopardy if data is not sufficiently secured, say Peter Lancos, Jonathan Naismith and Suraj Nittoor at Exate Technology.

Market Infrastructure

HKEX, Euroclear to Bring European ETFs to Hong Kong

By Editors | 08/05/2019

HKEX will become the first Asian stock exchange to adopt Euroclear’s international central securities depository ETF settlement model, which allows trades in different markets to be settled in a central location.