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Securities / Derivatives
SEBI Loosens Overseas Investment Rules for AIFs, VC Funds
By Editors | 18/08/2022
Alternative investment and venture capital funds can invest in overseas companies even if they do not have an ‘Indian connection’.
AML / KYC
SEC Charges 18 for Manipulation Using Hacked Trading Accounts
By Editors | 18/08/2022
The hackers broke into at least 31 US retail brokerage accounts to buy stock to drive up prices and exit their positions at artificially high prices.
Securities / Derivatives
TWSE to Shorten Auction Interval for Odd Lot Trading
By Editors | 18/08/2022
The 3-minute auction intervals for intraday odd lot trading will be reduced to 1-minute intervals starting from 19 December.
Crypto / Digital Assets
ASX, Zerocap Complete Digital Asset Custody POC
By Editors | 18/08/2022
The project will support custody on Synfini, ASX’s new DLT-as-a-Service platform, for any tokenised asset, including crypto.
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.
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