SECURITIES / DERIVATIVES

    Securities / Derivatives

    New Zealand Fund Manager Fees Overshadow Performance: FMA

    By Editors | 20/05/2022

    Fund managers are showing repeatable performance but the “benefits of their skill” are being overshadowed by fees and commissions paid to third parties.

    Securities / Derivatives

    Risks Were Visible in EMIR Data Prior to Archegos Collapse: ESMA

    By Manesh Samtani | 19/05/2022

    ESMA found that reported trade activity data could be used to track the evolution of Archegos’ positions in individual stocks and analyse the mark-to-market value of its portfolio of swaps.

    Securities / Derivatives

    CBIRC Enhances Investment Flexibility for Insurance Funds

    By Darien Choong | 19/05/2022

    The CBIRC expanded the types of financial products insurance funds can invest in and clarified regulatory requirements for entrusted investment of insurance capital.

    Enforcement

    HK ICAC Charges Ex-Sunway Employee for Money Laundering

    By Editors | 19/05/2022

    A former personal assistant helped his boss to launder HKD 125 million borrowed from listed company Sunway International Holdings.

    ESG / Sustainability

    ASEAN+3 Ministers Pledge to Maintain Regional Stability

    By Editors | 19/05/2022

    The CMIM is being enhanced to allow ASEAN+3 members to use their own and each other’s local currencies for CMIM liquidity support.

    Market Infrastructure

    Japan FSA Proposes Revisions to Derivatives Reporting Rules

    By Manesh Samtani | 19/05/2022

    The FSA is looking to implement the data requirements specified by CPMI-IOSCO’s CDE Technical Guidance “as much as possible”.

    Securities / Derivatives

    China Property Firms Start Issuing Debt with Credit Protection

    By Darien Choong | 19/05/2022

    This is the first time Chinese developers are issuing public debt with credit risk protection, said one property analyst.

    Securities / Derivatives

    SEBI Proposes to Allow Confidential Filings of IPO Documents

    By Duruthu E Chandrasekera | 19/05/2022

    SEBI is looking to incentivise more IPO listings by addressing concerns that information contained in IPO documents could be used by an applicant’s competitors.

    Securities / Derivatives

    China Signals End to Crackdown on Technology Companies

    By Editors | 19/05/2022

    Vice Premier Liu He suggested China will support the platform economy and improve its handling of relations with private companies.

    Securities / Derivatives

    China Stops Reporting Bond Trades by Foreigners – Report

    By Editors | 18/05/2022

    Daily trades by overseas investors have not been provided since 11 May, showing sizable net foreign outflows.

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