SECURITIES / DERIVATIVES

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    Capital / Liquidity

    APRA Confirms Plans to Phase Out AT1 Capital Instruments

    By Thisanka Siripala | 10/12/2024

    The transition will take place over eight years until 2032, when the last AT1 capital instruments reach their first call date.

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    Securities / Derivatives

    RBI to Launch a New Interest Rate Benchmark Called SORR

    By Manesh Samtani | 10/12/2024

    The Secured Overnight Rupee Rate will be based on market repo and tri party repo transactions, which account for 98% of overnight money market transactions.

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    Securities / Derivatives

    TSE Connects ETF Platform to Bloomberg Execution Platform

    By Editors | 10/12/2024

    The Tokyo Stock Exchange said the connection will enable global investors to more easily access and trade Japan-listed ETFs.

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    Securities / Derivatives

    Bursa Malaysia JV Opens Secondary Market for Debt Fundraising Platform

    By Editors | 10/12/2024

    The debt fundraising platform was launched in December 2023. Offering a secondary market aims to provide flexibility and liquidity to investors.

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    Securities / Derivatives

    CSRC Asks Investment Bankers to Launch IPOs Faster – Report

    By Editors | 10/12/2024

    The CSRC has reportedly been urging investment banks to speed up their work on listing mainland companies in Hong Kong.

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    Enforcement

    ASIC Calls on Government to Ban Unfair Trading in Financial Services

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 10/12/2024

    ASIC’s Alan Kirkland says the proposed ban is needed to combat “dark patterns” which “distort, subvert, and undermine consumer choice”.

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    Capital / Liquidity

    Taiwan Relaxes Rules for Providing Credit to HNW Clients

    By Editors | 10/12/2024

    Banks are allowed to accept foreign bonds, offshore structured products, or foreign currency-denominated structured bonds as collateral.

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    Crypto / Digital Assets

    Sifma Releases Findings from Regulated Settlement Network PoC

    By Editors | 09/12/2024

    The findings demonstrated the potential of shared ledger technology to settle tokenised money and securities and address current inefficiencies and operational risks.

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    Enforcement

    FSC Korea Refers First Finfluencer Cases for Prosecution

    By Editors | 09/12/2024

    The FSC said the finfluencers pre-purchased stocks and then recommended and sold those stocks to their subscribers to make unfair profits.

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    Market Infrastructure

    SEBI Proposes to Introduce Closing Auction Session for Indian Stocks

    By Editors | 09/12/2024

    SEBI proposes to replace the VWAP mechanism with a 15-minute CAS session to determine the closing prices of stocks.

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