Securities & Trading

SEBI looking to bring down time to issue debt securities from 12 to six days by mandating the online mechanism for blocking application funds for subscription of debt securities.

HSI, HSCEI and Mini HSI will be tradeable between 5:15pm and 1:00am, with a trading halt mechanism in place to avoid extreme price movements.

NASDAQ technology aims to better safeguard market integrity, detect unusual trading and market abuse, and provide immediate review of group activity involving coordinated trades.

TFEX to accept government and BOT issued bonds and equities underlying stock futures initially, in a move expected to ease trading and lower costs for investors.

Regulator issues enhanced eligibility criteria for equities to enter the derivatives segment, physical settlement for derivatives not meeting criteria.

BOJ-NET link with HKD CHATS will effectively eliminate the need for the US dollar as an intermediate currency in cross-border transactions.

Several online brokers had been hoping for a delay, tech advisory firm suggests some are ‘willing to trade a little security for convenience’.

Investment limits raised almost 10% effective 12 April, with additional increases set for October.

The firm failed to put in place reasonable controls to ensure non-proprietary orders received execution priority, prevent erroneous and disorderly orders being sent to the market.

Central bank will cap outstanding balances of short-term financing tools at 60% of a brokerage’s net capital; cap to be adjusted every six months based on brokers’ liquidity profiles.