Securities & Trading

Exchange says move will boost trading speeds, bring Taiwan up to speed with international standards and regulations. 

Securities Commission invites proposals from parties interested in participating in regulatory sandbox sessions under its innovation lab.

Extensive consultation also proposes to expand risk mitigation requirements to ‘all licensed corporations’, rejects idea of regulatory threshold.

Banks using internal ratings for credit risk under Basel guidelines will be allowed to have commodities as physical collateral.

Report warns on conflicts of interest in sales practices and asset management; notes asset management sector now has more than half of all intermediaries.

Consultation covers raising of minimum capital requirement to HKD10 million, introduction of derivatives use by public funds with enhanced safeguards.

SFC investigation reveals internal control failures resulted in at least 61 regulatory breaches involving short selling, required liquid capital deficit of HKD2 billion.  

Government has made abrupt about turn to legitimize cryptocurrencies by bringing them under greater regulatory purview. 

DTCC report says cyber risk continues to be seen as greatest threat, but many firms now see geopolitical issues as one of the five biggest concerns.  

Deal involving multiple regional banks, which takes effect on 2 January, will enable wider use of domestic currencies in financial investment.