Securities / Derivatives

IR Connect provides listed companies free access to shareholder analysis, market data, key stock statistics, research ratings, and competitor information.

The JSCC will release VaR margin calculation software for beta testing later this year. Go-live is planned for the October-December quarter of 2023.

Quarterly reports must be issued containing information on cyber incidents, risk mitigation measures, bugs and vulnerabilities, and threat details.

Under draft regulations, clearing banks will have to complete payment and securities settlement between 11.30am and 12.30pm on T+2.

The measures include lower Bond Connect fees, a cross-border bond subscription service, and easier access to the FX market for hedging.

Archegos employees were "coerced" to invest their bonus money into the firm through a deferred compensation plan, which evaporated when the company collapsed last March.

The service aims to address the difficulties retail investors face in accessing and using raw financial data for investment analysis and decision-making.

The joint operation involved a loan granted by a listed company to a related party and payments purportedly made to suppliers that instead went to related parties.

HSBC, Standard Chartered, BNP Paribas, ANZ, ICBC, Bank of China and others will sit on a new council to help develop a Hong Kong-based international carbon market.

The probe was prompted by abnormal trading activity at Woori and Shinhan Bank. Other banks have been asked to conduct internal inspections.