SECURITIES / DERIVATIVES

Market Infrastructure

RBI Sets up Working Group on Commodity Hedging Price Risk

By Samuel Riding | 15/09/2016

Group includes representatives from RBI, SEBI, commercial banks and corporate sector.

Market Infrastructure

China Said to Limit Securities Accounts

By Samuel Riding | 15/09/2016

CSRC to clamp down on trading under fake identities; limit investors to 3 accounts.

Market Infrastructure

Hanoi Exchange Issues New Trading Rules

By Samuel Riding | 13/09/2016

New measures aim to prevent manipulation and boost liquidity.

Securities / Derivatives

SEBI Said to Allow FPIs Direct Access to Capital Markets

By Samuel Riding | 13/09/2016

Move would boost foreign inflows, but domestic brokerages expected to lose revenue.

AML / KYC

Vietnam Bank Supervision Failing, Academic Says

By Samuel Riding | 13/09/2016

Banking Academy deputy director cites supervision failures; suggests sector restructuring did not have desired impact.

Market Infrastructure

CSRC Set to Retain Independence

By Samuel Riding | 13/09/2016

Regulator likely to remain standalone watchdog; CBRC and CIRC could still be merged.

Market Infrastructure

CFTC Grants Japan Comparability on Un-cleared Swaps

By Samuel Riding | 12/09/2016

US regulator votes 2-to-1 to grant comparability on un-cleared swaps margining, eligible collateral.

Market Infrastructure

China Revises RQFII Rules

By Samuel Riding | 07/09/2016

Quotas to be limited to proportion of asset size; no more than 3 trustees allowed.

Market Infrastructure

SGX Creates Working Group after Outage

By Samuel Riding | 06/09/2016

Group will seek to increase resilience of the Singapore market.