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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.
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.
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