MARKET INFRASTRUCTURE

Press Release

Bursa Malaysia Awarded ESG Industry Collaboration of the Year for CSI Platform

By Editors | 04/11/2024

Bursa Malaysia won the ESG Industry Collaboration of the Year award at the 7th Regulation Asia Awards for Excellence 2024, celebrated in person on 4 November 2024.

Crypto / Digital Assets

Canton Network Wins Digital Assets Industry Collaboration of the Year

By Editors | 04/11/2024

The Canton Network was awarded the Digital Assets Industry Collaboration of the Year award at the 7th Regulation Asia Awards for Excellence 2024.

Press Release

ANNA Receives High Commendation for Industry Collaboration on Digital Assets

By Editors | 04/11/2024

ANNA was Highly Commended for its Industry Collaboration on Digital Assets at the 7th Regulation Asia Awards for Excellence 2024.

Crypto / Digital Assets

MAS Unveils New Initiatives to Promote Tokenisation in Financial Services

By Nithya Subramanian | 04/11/2024

The initiatives include establishing a multi-member network to help FIs commercialise their tokenisation trials and providing access to a SGD wCBDC for market testing purposes.

Securities / Derivatives

BSEC Forms Committee to Explore Move to T+1 Settlement

By Editors | 04/11/2024

A move to T+1 is expected to benefit investors by increasing market liquidity and trading turnover while reducing settlement risk and broker defaults.

Securities / Derivatives

SFC, CSRC Announce First Batch of Brokers Eligible for WMC Scheme

By Manesh Samtani | 02/11/2024

The list includes the likes of CICC, China Merchants Securities, CITIC Securities, Guotai Junan Securities, and Huatai Securities.

Market Infrastructure

China Eases Rules for Foreign Investment in Domestic Stocks

By Manesh Samtani | 02/11/2024

China lowered the asset requirement, shareholding ratio and lock-up period for foreign strategic investors in domestic stocks.

Market Infrastructure

Nasdaq, Cboe Challenge SEC Amendments to Reg-NMS

By Thisanka Siripala | 01/11/2024

The amendments lower the cap on fees that exchanges can charge brokers for accessing the best displayed prices.

Market Infrastructure

MPFA Will Work to Achieve “Full Portability” of MPF Benefits

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 31/10/2024

MPFA’s Ayesha Lau says “full portability” will give employees greater autonomy in MPF management and invigorate competition in the MPF market.