SECURITIES / DERIVATIVES

Sanctions

Chinese Banks Reducing CNY Trades on Moscow Exchange

By Editors | 03/07/2024

Yuan flows into Russia for oil sales to China are reportedly shifting from the exchange market to the OTC market.

Securities / Derivatives

RBI: Rapid Rise in Derivatives Trading Poses Challenges to Investors

By Ajoy K Das | 03/07/2024

Investor protection is key, since derivatives are more complex than underlying assets, said the central bank’s Financial Stability Report.

Securities / Derivatives

SEBI Proposes Mandatory Disclosure of Risk Adjusted Return for MF Schemes

By Ajoy K Das | 02/07/2024

Disclosure of RAR along with scheme return will help investors make informed investment decisions.

Market Infrastructure

ESMA Extends TAIFEX Recognition to Cover TWD NDFs

By Editors | 02/07/2024

ESMA recognised TAIFEX as a TC-CCP in December 2022 initially just for interest rate swaps. TWD non-deliverable forwards are now approved.

Securities / Derivatives

HKEX Proposes to Reduce Tick Sizes in Securities Market

By Editors | 02/07/2024

HKEX says the proposal will lower overall transaction costs, improve price discovery and boost liquidity.

Securities / Derivatives

ISDA Confirms Plans to Develop Industry Notices Hub

By Editors | 01/07/2024

ISDA received “strong support” for the plan and will now work with S&P Global Market Intelligence and Linklaters to build the platform.

Securities / Derivatives

Korea Extends Daily FX Trading Hours to 2am

By Editors | 01/07/2024

Onshore dollar-won trading now trades until 2am each day, compared to 3.30pm previously.

Securities / Derivatives

Euroclear, Clearstream Enable Omnibus Access to KTB Market

By Editors | 01/07/2024

Euroclear and Clearstream have launched direct links with Korea allowing global investors to trade Korean government bonds using omnibus accounts.

Securities / Derivatives

SEBI Tightens Rules for Finfluencers, Eases Delisting Process

By Ajoy K Das | 01/07/2024

The regulator has introduced a fixed price process for promoter buy-back and revised inclusion-exclusion criteria of stocks in the derivatives segment.