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Securities / Derivatives
Stress Eases in Chinese Offshore Debt Market – Reports
By Editors | 15/12/2022
Chinese offshore dollar bonds have ended 14 months of losses. China’s banks have vowed to extend at least USD 179 billion of financing help to developers.
Capital / Liquidity
FSB to Revise Recommendations on Fund Liquidity Management
By Editors | 15/12/2022
Open-ended funds with illiquid assets should only be allowed to offer daily dealing if they use tools that pass on redemption costs to redeeming investors.
Crypto / Digital Assets
Hong Kong to List First Crypto Futures ETFs on 16 Dec
By Editors | 15/12/2022
The ETFs are being launched by CSOP Asset Management, one linked to Bitcoin futures and the other to Ether futures traded on the CME.
Market Infrastructure
HKEX Releases Details on Proposed Dual Counter Model
By Editors | 14/12/2022
Market makers and liquidity providers for the dual counter model will be onboarded starting in the first half of 2023.
ESG / Sustainability
ISDA Launches Standard Definitions for Voluntary Carbon Markets
By Editors | 14/12/2022
The new documentation will bring greater legal certainty and consistency to trading in verified carbon credits, ISDA says.
Enforcement
US Court Convicts Another JPM Trader on Spoofing Charges
By Editors | 13/12/2022
Former precious metals trader faces up to 30 years in prison for placing deceptive orders intended in COMEX gold and silver futures.
ESG / Sustainability
Vanguard Withdraws from NZAM Alliance Amid Political Pressure
By Editors | 13/12/2022
The move came a day after a senate committee report was released highlighting the outsized influence of the “Big Three” asset managers towards ESG.
Enforcement
UK Court Convicts Three for Defrauding Libyan Sovereign Fund
By Mark Johnston | 13/12/2022
The fund managers structured investments in a way that generated finder fees that they funnelled through offshore shell companies, causing around $46mn to Libya.
ESG / Sustainability
Malaysia SC Issues Principles-based SRI Taxonomy
By Editors | 13/12/2022
The SRI Taxonomy provides universal guiding principles for the classification of economic activities that qualify for sustainable investment.
ESG / Sustainability
Bursa Malaysia Launches ESG Themed Index Futures Contract
By Editors | 13/12/2022
The new futures contract is based on the FTSE4Good Bursa Malaysia Index and available to global investors via CME Globex.
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