MARKET INFRASTRUCTURE

Market Infrastructure

India’s Top Banks Eye Blockchain Trade Finance Platform

By Samuel Riding | 27/01/2017

Transaction documents kept on blockchain, reducing need for bank-to-bank reconciliation.

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HK Brokers Blackmailed by DDoS Attackers – SFC

By Samuel Riding | 27/01/2017

Regulator urges firms to implement anti-DDoS systems, warns on ‘reflective amplification’ attacks.

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S.Korea Considering Looser Bank Ownership Rules

By Samuel Riding | 25/01/2017

Move would allow conglomerates running online-only lenders to inject more capital.

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BOJ to Host Distributed Ledger Forum

By Samuel Riding | 25/01/2017

Event will tackle technology discussions under central bank’s joint DLT experiment with European counterpart.

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ASIC to Revise Market Integrity Rules

By Samuel Riding | 25/01/2017

Consolidation aims to further reduce red tape, streamline rules amendment procedure.

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India Could Reintroduce Commodity Spot Market

By Samuel Riding | 25/01/2017

Securities regulator lobbying central bank for new market; last spot exchange shut in 2013.

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Korea Revamps Asset Management Rules

By Samuel Riding | 24/01/2017

Revisions aim to expand opportunities for local and foreign asset managers.

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Myanmar Exchange to Launch Online Trading

By Samuel Riding | 24/01/2017

Region’s youngest exchange says six securities companies are ready to trade.

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RBI Conducts Bank Hacking Test

By Samuel Riding | 24/01/2017

Exercise aims to determine countermeasures and enhance defences.