Market Infrastructure

The decision effectively revives a suit by a group of investment funds against major banks over their alleged manipulation of yen LIBOR and euroyen TIBOR between 2006 and 2011.

During India's lockdown, currency, bond and money markets will operate for only 4 hours. SEBI has also brought forward the cut-off times for the mutual fund industry.

About 57% of Japanese banks say TIBOR should be used, while about 70% of companies prefer to use forward-looking term rates based on TONAR.

Federal approval is now required for all proposed foreign investments regardless of value or the nature of the foreign investors.

The new measures will include another RRR cut, $141bn in re-lending and re-discounting quotas, and new bond issuances to exclusively support SME loans.

The messaging standard will transform the corporate announcements flow in Malaysia, favour interoperability with other marketplaces, and foster innovation.

The new subsidiary will be structurally separate from NZX's commercial and operational activities and governed by a largely independent board.

Market participants call SEBI's move timely, amid fears of mass downgrades in light of the operational disruptions caused by Covid-19.

The pilot will allow 2,000 friends and relatives of Airstar, Xiaomi and AMTD Group employees to trial new virtual banking services under the HKMA's sandbox.

Foreign central banks can temporarily exchange their US Treasury holdings with the Fed for US dollars, which can then be made available to institutions in their own jurisdictions.