Securities / Derivatives

    Market Infrastructure

    HKEX to Drive Growth Through New Products, Listing Reforms

    By Editors | 18/08/2022

    HKEX reported its lowest interim profit since 2017, attributed mostly to investment losses and lower fees from securities trading and IPOs.

    Enforcement

    CSRC Probes China Merchants Securities Over 2014 Deal

    By Editors | 18/08/2022

    The investigation will impact any IPO applications being sponsored by China Merchants Securities.

    Fintech / Regtech

    SET, Bloomberg Launches Initiative to Boost Capital Markets Talent

    By Editors | 18/08/2022

    The initiative will allow finance students from eight universities to gain experience in financial markets trading using Bloomberg data and tools.

    Enforcement

    Korea FSS Probes Korea Investment & Securities Over System Outage

    By Editors | 18/08/2022

    The system outage occurred due to an electrical short circuit at Korea Investment & Securities’ main data processing computer centre.

    Securities / Derivatives

    Fund Managers Relocating Staff Away from Hong Kong: HKIFA

    By Editors | 18/08/2022

    A survey of 36 fund managers found that almost 70 percent are finding it difficult to hire non-local and non-mainland staff to work in Hong Kong due to Covid restrictions.

    Sanctions

    LME Bans Russian Nickel From UK Warehouse Facilities

    By Editors | 18/08/2022

    Higher duties on Russian metals imposed as part of a sanctions package have now been extended to nickel.

    Market Infrastructure

    FCA Calls on Issuers to Transition Remaining LIBOR Bonds

    By Editors | 18/08/2022

    Issuers of remaining GBP, JPY and USD LIBOR-linked bonds should initiate consent solicitation processes, and not rely on synthetic rates.

    Crypto / Digital Assets

    Korea FSS Targets Illegal Short Selling, FX Transactions

    By Editors | 17/08/2022

    October inspections will focus on firms with high volumes of short selling transactions. Probe into crypto-related FX transactions still underway.

    Securities / Derivatives

    Investment Funds Increasingly Setting Up as Singapore VCCs

    By Editors | 17/08/2022

    Singapore has reportedly been welcoming more than a dozen investment funds every month under the VCC regime.

    Capital / Liquidity

    China to Issue Guarantees on Bonds Issued by Developers

    By Editors | 17/08/2022

    State-owned China Bond Insurance will give unconditional and irrevocable joint liability guarantees for batches of bond sales in the interbank market.

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