Securities / Derivatives

Market Infrastructure

HKEX Confirms Plans to Reduce Tick Sizes in Securities Market

By Editors | 18/12/2024

HKEX will proceed with its proposal to reduce minimum spreads of equities, REITs, and equity warrants in two phases.

Securities / Derivatives

FCA Proposes Rules for New Stock Market for Private Companies

By Editors | 18/12/2024

PISCES will allow private and other unquoted UK and overseas companies to trade their securities during intermittent trading windows.

Securities / Derivatives

GFEX Set to Launch New Polysilicon Futures, Options Contracts

By Editors | 18/12/2024

The new contracts are expected to help address rising price volatility and provide a key risk management tool for China’s solar supply chain.

Securities / Derivatives

Malaysia Launches Trading in Used Cooking Oil Futures

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 18/12/2024

The new aims to address the need for price transparency and risk management tools in the growing used cooking oil market.

Capital / Liquidity

SFC Sets Liquidity Risk Management Expectations for MMFs

By Manesh Samtani | 18/12/2024

MMF managers should use LMTs to ensure fair treatment of both redeeming and remaining investors when meeting redemption requests.

Enforcement

JPX Penalises Nomura Over JGB Futures Manipulation Case

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 17/12/2024

OSE has imposed a fine and a threeday JGB futures trading suspension on Nomura Securities while the TSE issued a reprimand.

Capital / Liquidity

Korea Amends Rules for on Investors’ Foreign Currency Deposits

By Editors | 17/12/2024

The regulatory amendment increases the proportion of investors’ USD and JPY funds that securities firms have to deposit with the KSFC.

Capital / Liquidity

HKEX to Accept CGBs as Collateral for Swap Connect from 13 Jan

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 17/12/2024

From 13 January, China government bonds held through Bond Connect can be used as collateral for Northbound Swap Connect.

Enforcement

US SEC Fines Cantor Fitzgerald Over Misleading SPAC Disclosures

By Editors | 16/12/2024

Cantor Fitzgerald failed to disclose that it had already commenced negotiations with merger targets for two SPACs prior to their IPOs.