SECURITIES / DERIVATIVES

Securities / Derivatives

China Cracks Down on Listed Company Business with Finance Companies

By Darien Choong | 04/06/2022

The CSRC and CBIRC are jointly cracking down on related-party and affiliated transactions involving listed companies and finance companies.

ESG / Sustainability

ESMA Issues Supervisory Guidance on Greenwashing in Funds

By Editors | 04/06/2022

ESMA says administrative measures, including enforcement, may be appropriate in cases where SFDR disclosures are misleading or do not match fund documentation.

ESG / Sustainability

LuxSE, India INX Announce New MOU, First Dual Listing

By Editors | 02/06/2022

The MOU promises to facilitate listings of Indian sustainable securities on LuxSE, which will help to enhance their visibility to international investors.

Securities / Derivatives

CSRC to Strengthen Integrity of Securities Issuance Practices

By Editors | 02/06/2022

The guidelines aim to improve systems and mechanisms used by intermediaries to prevent dishonest practices and corruption in securities issuance activities.

Securities / Derivatives

HKEX to Revise Position Limits for Single Stock Options, Futures

By Editors | 02/06/2022

HKEX also proposes to remove the additional position limits that apply to mini-HSI and mini-HSCEI futures and options contracts.

Securities / Derivatives

Korea FSS to Form Taskforce Targeting Illegal Short Selling

By Editors | 02/06/2022

The task force will first conduct fact-finding inspections and investigate areas with a high probability of short selling violations.

Crypto / Digital Assets

UnionBank Issues Philippines’ First DLT-based Digital Bond

By Editors | 02/06/2022

The issuance follows a POC project to optimise bond issuance workflows between STACS and PDTC, the Philippines’ national CSD for debt and equities.

Fintech / Regtech

SGX CDP Enables Access to DLT Bond Issuance Platform

By Editors | 02/06/2022

CDP has made available to market participants a blockchain-enabled bond issuance platform developed by Marketnode, a joint venture between SGX and Temasek.

Securities / Derivatives

China Set to Launch Residential REITs to Boost Property Market

By Darien Choong | 02/06/2022

New rules were issued to facilitate the issuance of affordable rental housing REITs, and to enable already-listed infrastructure REITs to acquire more assets.