MARKET INFRASTRUCTURE

Fintech / Regtech

Korea: Short Selling Monitoring System To Be Ready in March 2025

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 11/06/2024

South Korea’s ban on short selling can only be lifted after the new Naked Short Selling Detection System is in place.

Securities / Derivatives

SEBI Issues Penalties Framework for MII Surveillance Lapses

By Ajoy K Das | 10/06/2024

SEBI will impose penalties for surveillance-related lapses based on annual turnover and the number of lapses during a financial year.

Securities / Derivatives

SEBI Mandates Direct Payout of Securities to Investor Accounts

By Ajoy K Das | 08/06/2024

SEBI said implementation standards will be formulated by 5 August, ahead of full implementation on 14 October.

Big Picture

Significant Progress Made on Cross Border Payments: CPMI

By Manesh Samtani | 07/06/2024

More work is needed to integrate cross-border projects with domestic systems, and to extend the operating hours of key payment systems.

Market Infrastructure

HKMA Exploring Further Enhancements to Wealth Connect

By Editors | 06/06/2024

The individual investor quota was tripled this year, but it is still “not quite enough for private bank clients”, said HKMA’s Eddie Yue.

Securities / Derivatives

FIA, DMIST Publishes New Standards on Average Pricing

By Editors | 06/06/2024

DMIST calls for CCPs globally to adopt the new average pricing standards, to drive consistency and improve allocation processes.

Market Infrastructure

BOK Invites Domestic Banks to Handle Cross-currency FX Trades

By Manesh Samtani | 06/06/2024

Domestic banks can apply to participate in non-won FX transactions needed for managing Korea’s foreign exchange reserves.

ESG / Sustainability

Japan Forms Group to Examine Carbon Market Infrastructure

By Editors | 06/06/2024

The new study group will examine the state of the infrastructure and market practices for carbon credit trading in Japan.

Market Infrastructure

IOSCO Releases Final Report on Handling Market Outages

By Nithya Subramanian | 06/06/2024

The report offers five good practices to improve trading venues’ preparedness for and resilience to market outages.