Market Infrastructure

Institutional investors such as commercial banks, mutual funds, and insurance companies will be allowed to participate in the auction.

The FSB says it will produce an assessment of initial lessons learned from the pandemic and a report on the factors needed for an orderly unwinding of support measures.

Paul Chan spoke of measures to boost green bond issuance, launch southbound Bond Connect, expand Stock Connect, and subsidise REITs, fund managers and family offices coming to Hong Kong.

Under the proposed ILS Grant Scheme, the amount of grant for each issuance will be capped at HK$12mn, depending on the maturity of the ILS.

The BOK said it opposes the payment settlement system being used to oversee private transaction data, calling a revision bill proposed by the FSC a "Big Brother law".

In a new paper, DTCC outlines plans to modernise post-trade processes and facilitate an industry-wide shift to T+1 settlement in the equities market.

NSE had attributed the trading halt to issues with their links to two telecom service providers. An interim report is expected within 24 hours.

Like other jurisdictions, AONIA does not yet have an established term market, however banks and corporates can reference the three-month BBSW where a term rate is needed.

The guidelines set out four principles for all CBIRC-regulated financial institutions to incorporate in their reputation risk management systems.

Speaking at a virtual event hosted by GARP, APRA’s Sean Carmody said the pandemic highlighted financial industry dependencies on certain third-party providers.