Securities / Derivatives

Capital / Liquidity

Korea Regulators Announce Measures to Ease Market Volatility

By Editors | 05/07/2022

Securities firms will be exempt from a requirement to hold collateral worth at least 140 percent of the value of each stock purchase to provide credit to customers.

Market Infrastructure

ASIC Calls on Industry to Bolster Resilience to Market Outages

By Manesh Samtani | 05/07/2022

Market participants should not delay broader planning and change programmes aimed at ensuring their resilience to market outages, ASIC says.

Securities / Derivatives

Malaysia SC Expands Tax Incentives Available to VC Firms

By Editors | 04/07/2022

VCCs can claim exemptions from tax on all income other than interest income from savings or fixed deposits and profits from Shariah-based deposits – for a period of up to five years.

Crypto / Digital Assets

Binance to Help Cambodia Develop Crypto Regulatory Framework

By Editors | 04/07/2022

Binance signed an MoU with Cambodia’s securities regulator to support the development of a legal framework for regulating digital asset businesses.

ESG / Sustainability

China Approves Launch of First Carbon Neutral ETFs

By Editors | 04/07/2022

Shanghai Environment Energy Exchange approved 8 carbon neutral ETFs, and NAFMII recently launched China’s first batch of interbank transition bonds.

Enforcement

SEBI Fines NSE, Infotech, Six Others Over Algo Trading Scandal

By Editors | 04/07/2022

NSE awarded a contract to Infotech despite conflicts of interest. Confidential NSE data was then misused to develop algorithmic trading software.

Crypto / Digital Assets

FSB Plenary Highlights Continued Financial Stability Concerns

By Editors | 03/07/2022

The FSB expressed concerns over the outlook for financial stability, volatility in commodity markets, and strains in crypto-asset markets.

Enforcement

Tougher Enforcement, Regulation on ESG Funds a “Wake-up Call”

By ESG Investor | 03/07/2022

DWS whistle-blower Desiree Fixler welcomes enforcement action as necessary to deal with greenwashing.

Enforcement

SEBI Fines NSE, Officials, Brokers in Colocation Case

By Editors | 02/07/2022

SEBI fined the NSE, five officials, Sampark Infotainment, two brokerage firms and nine other individuals connected to the case.