Securities / Derivatives

    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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