Securities / Derivatives

ESG / Sustainability

UK TCFD Taskforce Unveils Plan for Mandatory Climate Disclosures

By ESG Investor | 12/11/2020

The roadmap outlines a five-year timetable for a range of UK financial institutions to comply with mandatory disclosure requirements.

Securities / Derivatives

FSC Korea Confirms Plan to Lift Short Selling Ban in March

By Editors | 12/11/2020

The lifting of the ban will apply to all stocks regardless of the market cap, despite an earlier proposal to keep it in place for small-cap stocks.

Market Infrastructure

HKEX Chief Outlines Ongoing Market Development Initiatives

By Manesh Samtani | 12/11/2020

HKEX Chief Charles Li hinted at the possibility that Stock Connect could be extended to the primary market, and expanded to include derivatives.

Securities / Derivatives

Malaysia SC Proposes Changes Guidelines on Unit Trust Funds

By Shruti Khairnar | 12/11/2020

The SC is consulting on changes as part of ongoing efforts to strengthen market competitiveness and develop the Malaysian funds industry.

ESG / Sustainability

Taskforce Issues Plan for Scalable Carbon Credit Market

By ESG Investor | 11/11/2020

The voluntary carbon market will need to increase in size by 15 times by 2030 to achieve climate change targets, according to an IIF sponsored taskforce.

Enforcement

Korea FSS Estimates Optimus Fund Losses Could Reach $300m

By Editors | 11/11/2020

The FSS has estimated that 160bn won of investor funds has vanished and only up to 15% of the remaining 350bn won could be recoverable.

Market Infrastructure

NZX Confirms 10 December Go-Live Date for NZ RegCo Model

By Editors | 11/11/2020

The model will structurally separate NZX’s commercial and regulatory interests, similar to the approach adopted in Singapore, Japan and Brazil.

Securities / Derivatives

China Launches First New Domestic Securities Firm in Ten Years

By Editors | 11/11/2020

The company was set up to take over the securities-related assets of CEFC Shanghai Securities, whose licenses were revoked last year.

Market Infrastructure

The AIFMD Review: Potential Impacts for Asia Pacific

By Arthur Carabia | 10/11/2020

While some of the proposals could be harmful to market participants, the review presents an opportunity to clarify certain elements of AIFMD, says ICMA’s Arthur Carabia.