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Securities / Derivatives
Securities / Derivatives
SEBI Reduces Investor Exit Window for AMC Change in Control
By Editors | 14/08/2023
The exit option window period is reduced from 30 to 15 calendar days after a change in control of the AMC is announced.
Securities / Derivatives
New Rules Could Force a Third of China’s Hedge Funds to Close
By Editors | 14/08/2023
Almost 35,000 hedge fund products in China will fall under the new CNY 10 million minimum asset requirement set to take effect in September.
Crypto / Digital Assets
MUFG, NTT Data Announce Partnership on Digital Corporate Bonds
By Editors | 14/08/2023
NTT Data will connect its corporate bond issuance infrastructure directly to MUFG’s Progmat platform for issuing security tokens.
Securities / Derivatives
FSC Korea Specifies New Rules Under Revised Asset Securitisation Act
By Editors | 14/08/2023
The FSC more companies to be able to smoothly raise funds through asset securitisation once the Act and its subordinate statutes take effect on 12 January 2024.
Securities / Derivatives
Shanghai INE to Launch New Container Freight Index Futures Contract
By Editors | 14/08/2023
Shanghai International Energy Exchange is launching the new futures contract to help firms hedge against fluctuations in container freight prices.
Securities / Derivatives
China Amends Index Fund Rules to Support ‘Technological Self-reliance’
By Editors | 14/08/2023
An index must only be in operation for three months before it can be used in the development of a fund product, compared to six months previously.
Big Picture
Inside ASIC’s Derivatives Reporting Rule Rewrite
By Manesh Samtani | 14/08/2023
ASIC’s Alex Orgaz-Barnier and DTCC’s Priya Kundamal spoke to Regulation Asia about the changes to the derivative transaction reporting regime in Australia.
AML / KYC
SEBI Streamlines KYC Process for Securities Market Onboarding
By Editors | 14/08/2023
SEBI directs KRAs to verify client information so that they gain portability, and clients to skip repetitive KYC steps with different intermediaries.
Securities / Derivatives
BSP Issues New Rules for UITFs on the Use of Benchmarks
By Editors | 14/08/2023
The BSP specifies a one-year transition period to allow unit investment trust funds to review their benchmarks and make changes where needed.
Enforcement
FSS Korea Probes Daegu Bank for Unauthorised Account Opening
By Mark Johnston | 14/08/2023
South Korea’s FSS has launched an emergency inspection on Daegu Bank over suspected unauthorised securities account opening.
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