MARKET INFRASTRUCTURE

Market Infrastructure

Chinese Exchanges to Acquire Stake in Bangladeshi Bourse

By Editors | 21/02/2018

Shanghai, Shenzhen exchanges have outbid India’s NSE to buy 25% of Dhaka Stock Exchange.

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SGX to Develop New India Derivative Products

By Manesh Samtani | 20/02/2018

New products will allow SGX participants to maintain exposure to India’s capital markets, following  the decision to stop issuing market data licenses to overseas exchanges.

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ASIC Publishes Credit Rating Agency Review

By Garima Chitkara | 18/02/2018

Credit ratings agencies found lacking on compliance testing and board reporting.

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India Eases Market Access for Foreign Institutions

By Manesh Samtani | 17/02/2018

Private banks, merchant banks can invest on behalf of FPI clients; pre-approval requirement for switching local custodian effectively scrapped.

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SEC Blocks China-linked Acquisition of Chicago Exchange

By Editors | 17/02/2018

US regulator says deal didn’t comply with rules governing stock exchange ownership, lacked transparency on source of funds and relationships among investors.

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Industry Initiative Set to Streamline MAS 610 Compliance

By Editors | 12/02/2018

AxiomSL-led initative will define open taxonomy and standardise interpretations for the revised MAS 610 reporting mandate.

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Research in an Unbundled World

By Roland De Marsangy | 08/02/2018

Buy-side firms are finding their way to new ways of profiting from their research, and market volumes appear unaffected in the early stages of the MiFID II era.

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SFC Highlights Areas of Concern on Best Execution

By Bradley Maclean | 08/02/2018

Hong Kong SFC’s recent report on licensed corporations attitudes towards best execution practices shows there is much to be desired.

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Singapore, Malaysia Unveil Plans for Cross Border Stock Trading Link

By Manesh Samtani | 07/02/2018

Link to be operational by year-end; will enable cross-border trading, clearing, settlement of shares between SGX and Bursa Malaysia.