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Securities / Derivatives
Taxing Securities Trades Will Reduce Competitiveness, says SET President
By Editors | 23/12/2021
SET president Pakorn Peetathawatchai Pakorn was responding to reports that the government is planning a 0.1 percent tax on securities trades.
Securities / Derivatives
ASIC Urges Listed Entities to Disclose Business Risk Properly
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 23/12/2021
Listed company directors and auditors should focus on impairment of assets, particularly as some businesses may be adversely affected in a post-Covid environment.
Securities / Derivatives
SEC Issues New Disclosure Guidance for US-Listed Chinese Firms
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 23/12/2021
The guidance focuses on the need for clear and prominent disclosure regarding the use of VIE and SPAC structures, and the associated legal and operational risks.
Securities / Derivatives
CSRC to Bar Mainlanders from Using Northbound Stock Connect
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 22/12/2021
A CSRC rule amendment will specify that mainland investors are not to be included as qualified investors in the northbound legs of Stock Connect.
Securities / Derivatives
Australia Announces Reforms to Proxy Advice Regime
By Editors | 22/12/2021
The reforms extend AFS licensing requirements to a greater range of proxy adviser activities, as well as enhance transparency of super funds’ voting records.
Securities / Derivatives
NSE India Launches New Corporate Governance Framework
By Editors | 22/12/2021
Listed companies that voluntarily choose to be part of ‘NSE Prime’ will need to comply with higher corporate governance standards and disclosure requirements.
Enforcement
CSRC Launches Inspections at Financial Asset Exchanges
By Editors | 22/12/2021
Some exchanges were found to be illegally facilitating financing for property developers through the issuance of non-standard debt financing products.
Securities / Derivatives
SC Malaysia Finalises Enhancements to Unit Trust Framework
By Editors | 22/12/2021
The enhancements will enable retail funds to invest in and offer investors access to a wider range of investment instruments and activities.
Securities / Derivatives
SEBI Suspends Trading in Key Agri-Derivatives to Curb Inflation
By Manesh Samtani | 22/12/2021
The trading suspension is a response to rising food inflation. Observers expect the move to impact market confidence and make hedging more difficult.
Securities / Derivatives
KRX Admits 20 Brokerage Firms to Carbon Emissions Market
By Editors | 22/12/2021
The addition of the 20 brokerages is expected to stimulate the carbon emissions trading market and facilitate more appropriate pricing of emissions.
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