Market Infrastructure

The CSRC is allowing listed developers to conduct equity financing, mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings, private share placements, and overseas fundraising.

APRA says it is committed to "early and frequent" engagement with the industry on its new data collections, what it calls a "co-design approach".

The prototype developed was able to connect two distinct asset networks to enable "secure, resilient, and efficient security settlement with CBDC."

The trading link enables orders from SGX members to be routed to NSE IFSC for trading and execution. To date, 14 SGX clearing members have been onboarded.

MUFG says CLSNet will enable it to improve operational efficiency and reduce risk for currencies that are not currently eligible for CLSSettlement.

All financial entities and the third parties that provide them ICT-related services will have to adhere to DORA requirements from around the end of 2024.

Swift outlines progress made in 2022 toward the G20’s goals for enhancing cross-border payments, including through CBDC experimentation.

Foreign investors will no longer need to register their identities prior to investing in Korean stocks. The dividend-payment process is also being revised.

Some financial market infrastructures have not yet developed their cyber response and recovery plans to meet the two-hour recovery time objective.

Bank exposures to NBFIs, particularly highly leveraged firms, could lead to excessive risk concentration and potential liquidity issues.