Securities / Derivatives

    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.

    Securities / Derivatives

    Taiwan Extends Day Trading Transaction Tax Cut to 2024

    By Editors | 22/12/2021

    The extension keeps the transaction tax for day trading halved at 0.15 percent, a measure that has been in place since April 2017 and was set to expire on 31 December.

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