Securities / Derivatives

ESG / Sustainability

IOSCO to Harmonise Global ESG Disclosure Frameworks – Report

By Editors | 10/09/2020

A new IOSCO taskforce will work to identify commonalities across sustainability disclosure standards from across the world to develop principles-based guidelines.

Securities / Derivatives

BSP to Start Issuing Debt Securities Next Week

By Editors | 10/09/2020

The BSP’s authority to issue its own debt paper was restored through legislation passed last year. The first auction of BSP securities will take place on 18 September.

AML / KYC

FIA Releases Surveillance and Market Abuse Guidelines

By Editors | 09/09/2020

The guidelines cover requirements relating to monitoring, surveillance systems and the filing of suspicious transaction and order reports under the EU’s Market Abuse Regulation.

Capital / Liquidity

ISDA Chief Urges Continued Work on Initial Margin Implementation

By Editors | 09/09/2020

Phase 5 implementation will be the most demanding phase yet, and firms will need to be ready well in advance to avoid a last-minute compliance bottleneck.

Securities / Derivatives

Colombo Exchange Eyes New Measures to Lure Foreign Investment

By Duruthu E Chandrasekera | 09/09/2020

Besides tax incentives, CSE Chairman Dumith Fernando told Regulation Asia the exchange has initiated a five-pronged strategy to bolster the capital market.

Securities / Derivatives

TWSE to Launch Market Making System by June 2021

By Editors | 09/09/2020

Brokerages electing to serve as market makers will benefit through reduced handling fees, and be allowed to freely choose which eligible shares to trade.

Securities / Derivatives

SEBI Revises Mutual Fund Side Pocketing Standards

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 08/09/2020

Previously, only debt securities downgraded below investment grade can be side pocketed. Side pocketing will be allowed for even higher-rated debts that are restructured due to Covid-19.

Fintech / Regtech

Tokyo Bourse, IHS Markit to Combine Securities Finance Data

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 08/09/2020

The combined dataset will provide five years of historical short selling and stock loan data covering Japanese equities for use in portfolio analysis and construction.

Enforcement

Taiwan FSC Penalises 12 Futures Brokers Over Oil Trades

By Lucy Zhang | 08/09/2020

The futures brokers failed to announce negative oil prices in April and were unable to accept orders from clients, among other failures.