Market Infrastructure

A new discussion paper released by the government says the Optus and Medibank incidents made clear that the government was "ill-equipped to respond".

Mainland investors will have access to about 80 more HK-listed stocks; International investors will have access to more than 1,000 more Mainland-listed stocks.

Regulators are considering allowing shareholders to vote on executive compensation, introducing clawback provisions, and granting new bank approvals, among other measures.

The strategy involves leveraging international cooperation, investigating crimes, bolstering infrastructure resilience, and addressing virtual currency abuse.

The task force will assess whether Europe should follow the US and other jurisdictions in moving to shorter settlement cycles.

ASX is consulting on enhancements to its test strategy, interconnectedness with other market operators, and its BCP strategy.

The FCA and BOE have set out the final changes to the derivatives reporting framework under UK EMIR. Draft validation rules and XML schemas are open for feedback.

CPMI is seeking feedback on technical harmonisation requirements for the use of ISO 20022 messages in cross-border payments.

National Numbering Agencies must now formally report LEIs, CFIs and FISNs to the ANNA Service Bureau, which will increase data coverage and quality.

IDX is seeking a mechanism to allow Indonesian start-ups, state-owned enterprises, and index ETFs to list in Hong Kong.