Securities / Derivatives

Securities / Derivatives

New Rules for PE Funds Take Effect in South Korea

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 23/10/2021

The revised rules improve investor protection and subject private equity funds to increased monitoring and external audits.

Enforcement

CSRC to Pilot Arbitration System for Capital Market Disputes

By Darien Choong | 22/10/2021

Arbitration courts in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen will help to facilitate the resolution of disputes in the securities and futures market.

Securities / Derivatives

NZX to Migrate Dairy Derivatives to SGX on 27 November

By Editors | 21/10/2021

NZX has amended its Clearing and Settlement Rules and Procedures, and the NZX Derivatives Market Procedures, to give effect to the migration of open interests.

Market Infrastructure

BSE India to Offer T+1 Settlement from 3 January 2022

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 21/10/2021

BSE has told members and vendors to make necessary changes to their trading applications to ensure T+1 is supported.

Securities / Derivatives

BIS Announces Plans to Launch Asian Green Bond Fund

By Editors | 21/10/2021

The fund will help channel central bank reserves to green projects in Asia Pacific, complementing two other green bond funds already launched by the BIS.

Securities / Derivatives

Thai SEC Consults on Three-tiered Investments by Funds

By Pongnut Thanaboonchai | 21/10/2021

The SEC is consulting on whether to allow mutual funds to make three-tiered investments in funds under the same company’s management.

Crypto / Digital Assets

NYSE Launches First US ETF Linked to Bitcoin with SEC Approval

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 21/10/2021

The ProShares bitcoin ETF had almost $1bn in turnover on the first trading day, after receiving a green light from the SEC last week.

Securities / Derivatives

ISLA Publishes Clause Library, Taxonomy for Securities Lending

By Editors | 21/10/2021

ISLA collated clauses and variants used with master agreements and identified how firms configure and add to the standard provisions to create a set of common clauses.

Securities / Derivatives

New Beijing Stock Exchange Prepares for Launch

By Darien Choong | 20/10/2021

More than 100 market participants participated in a second round of tests. The new exchange is expected to start trading as early as this month.