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ESG / Sustainability
Malaysia SC Invites Firms to Review and Improve SRI Taxonomy
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 21/04/2023
Interested parties are asked to participate in the ongoing development of the SRI Taxonomy and propose ways to align it with the ASEAN Taxonomy.

Securities / Derivatives
Singapore Investors Prepare to Sue Over Credit Suisse AT1 Bond Losses
By Editors | 21/04/2023
Lawyers for Singapore investors are preparing to argue that the Swiss government’s decision to write off Credit Suisse AT1 bonds violated a free trade agreement.

Enforcement
CSRC Investigating GF Securities for Underwriting Failures
By Editors | 21/04/2023
The investigation is related to a 2018 share issuance for which Hong Kong-listed GF Securities served as an underwriter.

Market Infrastructure
CFETS Invites Foreign Investors to Apply for Membership
By Editors | 20/04/2023
Foreign institutional and central bank-like investors investing in China’s bond market can apply to become CFETS members and participate in the FX market.

Enforcement
Dubai: KPMG Ordered to Pay Investors Over Audit Violations
By Editors | 20/04/2023
The court said KPMG Lower Gulf committed “many violations” of international auditing standards and ordered the firm to pay investors $231mn.

Crypto / Digital Assets
SEC Chair Gensler Defends Regulatory, Anti-Crypto Agenda
By Manesh Samtani | 19/04/2023
Regulation by enforcement is not sufficient nor sustainable, House Financial Services Committee chair Patrick McHenry told SEC chair Gary Gensler.

ESG / Sustainability
Climate Bonds Initiative Offers Firm-level Certification for SLBs
By ESG Investor | 19/04/2023
The expansion looks to recognise “appropriate ambition” on transition and bring all sectors “into the fold”.

Securities / Derivatives
Two More Chinese Firms List GDRs in Switzerland
By Editors | 19/04/2023
The listings come despite last month’s reports that Chinese regulators had stopped accepting applications from mainland firms seeking to issue GDRs in Switzerland.

Securities / Derivatives
CSRC Issues Draft Rules for Futures Market Practitioners
By Editors | 18/04/2023
The draft rules cancel qualification management requirements, strengthen supervision and self-discipline requirements, and expand the range of prohibited behaviours.

Market Infrastructure
NSE IFSC-SGX Connect to Fully Launch on 3 July
By Editors | 18/04/2023
SGX will migrate all open positions in SGX Nifty to the relevant NSE IFSC NIFTY contracts during the weekend of 30 June.
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