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SECURITIES / DERIVATIVES
Market Infrastructure
HKEX Sets Launch Date for New Stock Connect Settlement Platform
By Editors | 04/10/2023
The settlement acceleration platform, known as HKEX Synapse, will launch on 9 October 2023 and improve post-trade efficiencies.
Crypto / Digital Assets
UPDATE – UBS, SBI Launch Tokenised VCC Fund Pilot in Singapore
By Editors | 04/10/2023
The live pilot of a tokenised money market fund was launched under a wider VCC umbrella as part of Project Guardian.
Securities / Derivatives
Philippine Stock Exchange Issues Final Short Selling Guidelines
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 04/10/2023
The PSE said the SEC and BIR approved critical components of SBL transactions. A separate announcement will be made about the official launch date.
Crypto / Digital Assets
Korea: Three Securities Firms Form Digital Securities Consortium – Report
By Editors | 04/10/2023
The three securities firms hope to share costs and gain economies of scale to attract more issuers for STOs.
Enforcement
CFTC Fines Goldman for Failing to Prevent Disruptive Trading
By Mark Johnston | 03/10/2023
Goldman’s surveillance was not properly monitoring for disruptive trading and its preventative control to suspend such trading malfunctioned.
Enforcement
CFTC Fines Three Major FIs for Swap Reporting and Other Violations
By Mark Johnston | 03/10/2023
Affiliates of Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, and Bank of America were fined a total $53mn for violating rules for swap dealers.
Market Infrastructure
Bursa Malaysia Extends Derivatives Partnership With CME Group
By Editors | 03/10/2023
Under the extension, Bursa Malaysia Derivatives contracts will continue to be hosted on CME Globex until September 2028.
Securities / Derivatives
SGX Launches First Ammonia Derivatives Contracts
By Editors | 03/10/2023
SGX launched its first ammonia swap and futures contracts covering FOB Middle East and CFR East Asia pricing points.
Capital / Liquidity
NZ FMA Updates Liquidity Risk Management Guidance for Funds
By Editors | 02/10/2023
The proposed guidance makes clear that effective liquidity risk management is a legal obligation of MIS managers and supervisors.
Enforcement
Former Goldman Analyst, Three Others Charged for Insider Trading
By Mark Johnston | 02/10/2023
The former analyst tipped his friends to impending M&A deals. Together they made over $460,000 from trading on nonpublic information.
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