MARKET INFRASTRUCTURE

Market Infrastructure

China Declares First Change in Monetary Policy Stance in 14 Years

By Editors | 11/12/2024

The government changed its monetary policy stance from “prudent” to “moderately loose” and signalled that it will increase focus on boosting consumption.

Capital / Liquidity

FSB Issues Recommendations to Enhance Non-banks’ Liquidity Preparedness

By Manesh Samtani | 11/12/2024

The recommendations cover liquidity risk management and governance, stress testing and scenario design, and collateral management practices.

Market Infrastructure

OECD Offers Recommendations on Boosting Philippine Capital Market

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 11/12/2024

The recommendations include measures to improve corporate governance, ease listing requirements and deepen the investor base.

Securities / Derivatives

RBI to Launch a New Interest Rate Benchmark Called SORR

By Manesh Samtani | 10/12/2024

The Secured Overnight Rupee Rate will be based on market repo and tri party repo transactions, which account for 98% of overnight money market transactions.

Securities / Derivatives

Bursa Malaysia JV Opens Secondary Market for Debt Fundraising Platform

By Editors | 10/12/2024

The debt fundraising platform was launched in December 2023. Offering a secondary market aims to provide flexibility and liquidity to investors.

Crypto / Digital Assets

Sifma Releases Findings from Regulated Settlement Network PoC

By Editors | 09/12/2024

The findings demonstrated the potential of shared ledger technology to settle tokenised money and securities and address current inefficiencies and operational risks.

Market Infrastructure

SEBI Proposes to Introduce Closing Auction Session for Indian Stocks

By Editors | 09/12/2024

SEBI proposes to replace the VWAP mechanism with a 15-minute CAS session to determine the closing prices of stocks.

Capital / Liquidity

FSB Outlines 2024 Progress on Resolution-related Work

By Manesh Samtani | 07/12/2024

In 2024, a new global standard for CCP resolution was finalised. The FSB has published its first list of insurers subject to resolution planning standards.

Fintech / Regtech

EU Adopts New Legislative Package to Strengthen Cyber Resilience

By Thisanka Siripala | 06/12/2024

The legislation will establish a pan-European ‘cybersecurity alert system’ and a ‘cybersecurity emergency mechanism’ to enhance the EU’s response capabilities.