Market Infrastructure

Australia's Clean Energy Regulator is seeking a partner or partners to facilitate the emergence of an exchange-traded market for carbon offset units.

Thirteen tech firms including Tencent, ByteDance and Baidu’s fintech arm are directed to correct regulatory violations in their financial services businesses.

The proposed amendments expand the Foundation's objectives and set out the structure and function of the new International Sustainability Standards Board.

Clients will benefit from having more choice, and lower friction pricing models will promote greater liquidity, says Morgan Stanley's David Russell.

The guidance will assist entities in complying with APRA's new standard on remuneration, which is expected to be finalised later this year.

SIFMA, ICI and DTCC plan to complete their analysis on the next steps needed to shorten the settlement cycle in US equities by the end of Q3 2021.

MAS is partnering with the BIS Innovation Hub and central banks to design, develop and test new m-CBDC models for cross-border settlement.

The participating banks include DBS, OCBC, UOB, Bangkok Bank, Kasikornbank, Krung Thai Bank and Siam Commercial Bank.

HKMA Chief Eddie Yue urged banks to transform into 'green banks'. HSBC and BOCHK announced plans to expand their green finance business.

This guidance provides the baseline-level of cyber resilience recommendations as well as recommendations for enhanced-level practices.