Securities / Derivatives

Securities / Derivatives

China Launches New Platform for Personal Pension Investors

By Editors | 15/11/2022

The platform allows users to open accounts, view product information, and communicate with FIs offering pension and wealth management products.

Fintech / Regtech

Bursa Malaysia Launches New Portal for Fund Investors

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 15/11/2022

The platform allows investors to view fund information, compare funds, create watchlists, and communicate with fund managers.

Crypto / Digital Assets

ISDA to Publish Draft Standards for Crypto Derivatives by Year End

By Manesh Samtani | 15/11/2022

ISDA will also consider developing collateral documentation for OTC crypto derivatives transactions and standard contracts for crypto swaps and physically-settled transactions.

AML / KYC

GLEIF, SWIFT Collaborate to Enable Mapping Between MICs and LEIs

By Editors | 15/11/2022

GLEIF will publish new open-source relationship files monthly which will map Market Identifier Codes pertaining to legal entities to the corresponding LEIs.

Securities / Derivatives

UOB Lists First Product on SGX Using Shenzhen ETF Link

By Editors | 15/11/2022

The SGX-listed ETF replicates the performance of SZSE’s ChiNext Index by investing in a Shenzhen-listed ETF managed by Ping An Fund Management.

Enforcement

US SEC Expands Staff Messaging Probe to Private Equity Firms

By Editors | 15/11/2022

KKR & Co, Apollo Global Management and Carlyle Group have disclosed that they are subject to the SEC’s regulatory probe.

ESG / Sustainability

UK Think Tank Accuses Singapore’s Sembcorp of Greenwashing

By Editors | 14/11/2022

The allegations relate to Sembcorp’s sale of its India coal business while still retaining “substantial liabilities” and “operational influence”.

ESG / Sustainability

Overwhelming Majority for CSRD Secured in EU Parliament

By ESG Investor | 14/11/2022

The EU Parliament has adopted new sustainability reporting rules for large companies under the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive.

Capital / Liquidity

India Resists ESMA Requirements on CCP Recognition – Reports

By Manesh Samtani | 14/11/2022

ESMA decision will block EU banks from dealing with Indian CCPs after 30 April 2023. India faces similar standoffs with UK and Japanese regulators.