Securities / Derivatives

ESG / Sustainability

SGX, Nasdaq Partner to Enhance ESG Visibility of APAC Issuers

By Editors | 15/06/2021

The addition of SGX data to Nasdaq’s sustainable bond network will enhance transparency of green, social and sustainability bonds in Asia Pacific.

Securities / Derivatives

KRX to Launch Trade Compression Services This Year

By Editors | 15/06/2021

KRX has amended its OTC derivatives clearing and settlement rules to provide the legal basis for the introduction of trade compression services.

Securities / Derivatives

CSRC Approves Launch of Daiwa Securities Joint Venture

By Editors | 15/06/2021

Daiwa Securities (China) Co will be able to provide brokerage and securities underwriting services. Operations will commence soon.

Market Infrastructure

Credit Risk, Shadow Banking Present Ongoing Concerns: CBIRC

By Editors | 15/06/2021

CBIRC chairman Guo Shuqing has highlighted credit risk, shadow banking, illegal fundraising, and derivatives trading as key sources of financial system risk.

ESG / Sustainability

SGX Leverages Nikkei Partnership to Launch ESG REIT Derivatives

By Editors | 14/06/2021

The new futures contract aims to meet rising demand for integrating ESG considerations into investment portfolios, SGX said.

Securities / Derivatives

Hong Kong Enacts Framework for Uncertificated Securities Market

By Editors | 13/06/2021

The SFC will consult the market on the subsidiary legislation in due course to prescribe the detailed rules and implementation timetable.

Securities / Derivatives

Probe Finds Japan Officials, Toshiba Colluded Against Shareholders

By Editors | 13/06/2021

Foreign investors including Effissimo, Harvard Management Company and 3D Investment Partners were pressured to change their voting.

Securities / Derivatives

BlackRock Wins Approval to Launch China Fund Business

By Manesh Samtani | 12/06/2021

BlackRock is the first foreign asset manager to win approval to launch a wholly-owned mutual fund business in China.

ESG / Sustainability

Thailand: SEC Pledges Support for AIMC Sustainability Roadmap

By Manesh Samtani | 11/06/2021

The three-year roadmap includes an initiative to develop an ‘ESG Data Framework’, which will enhance the information investors can be provided on the ESG efforts of listed companies.