Securities / Derivatives

Capital / Liquidity

ESMA to Bring 3rd-country CRAs, Trade Repositories Under EU Supervision

By Samuel Riding | 04/12/2017

ESMA executive director Verena Ross says more than 200 non-EU trading venues have asked for exemptions from MiFID II post-trade transparency, position limits.

Capital / Liquidity

Australia to Kick off Long-awaited Royal Commission into Financial Sector

By Editors | 04/12/2017

Inquiry to look into alleged misconduct in financial sector welcomed by banks, securities regulator, but not superannuation scheme operators.

AML / KYC

HK SFC, CSRC Agree Investor ID System for Northbound Stock Connect

By Editors | 04/12/2017

SFC says Northbound scheme will be followed by Southbound investor identification, eventually spread to all SEHK investors.

Crypto / Digital Assets

Malaysia Trialling Blockchain-based Unlisted, OTC Markets

By Editors | 04/12/2017

Distributed ledger trial will form basis of technology architecture, software functions and development standards to underpin markets.

Capital / Liquidity

BoJ Urges Asian Local Currency Debt Market Development

By Garima Chitkara | 30/11/2017

Haruhiko Kuroda says firms in Asia need to diversify their sources of funding to protect against market shocks as ASEAN initiatives increase.

Capital / Liquidity

Asian Firms at Risk of Drowning Under Wave of Regulation from US, Europe

By David Farmery | 30/11/2017

The wave of financial regulation about to wash over Europe and North America could eventually overwhelm Asian institutions.

Market Infrastructure

SGX Revamping Securities Settlement Processes

By Editors | 30/11/2017

Exchange consultation proposes move to T+2 settlement, simultaneous securities, money settlement in bid to prevent systemic risk.

Securities / Derivatives

Stock Exchange Reality: Profit Versus Regulations

By Peter Guy | 27/11/2017

HKEX and SFC recently decided to admit dual class share listings, but reject a start-up board. Their decisions will change key regulatory principles.

Enforcement

HK Regulators Warn on Conflicts of Interest in Product Sales

By Editors | 27/11/2017

HKMA, SFC say some intermediaries aren’t revealing related counterparties, not executing at best price, hide cheaper products.