Securities & Trading

Survey results from the Asia Investor Group on Climate Change suggest that growing appetite is being blocked by lack of investable opportunities.

The joint venture with BOCOM will become the third wealth management JV with foreign majority owners to receive regulatory authorisation in China.

The exchange will consider applications from issuers to have public shareholding spreads of between 15% and 20%, compared to current requirements for 25%.

The changes, effective from 22 March, are expected to result in $100mn of passive inflows to STAR Market stocks.

The SFC found that 7,814 short positions held by collective investment schemes managed by Brilliance Asset Management were either misstated or omitted.

Brokers involved in the New Horizon Health IPO have been asked to provide information on the retail investors who were allotted stocks.

SGX plans to continue its M&A focus to strengthen its FX, fixed income, data and capital markets connectivity businesses, says chief executive Loh Boon Chye.

The six-month extension will enable Bursa Malaysia to enhance its control measures for intraday short selling activities in order to promote market stability.

Regulators will explore the feasibility of allowing individuals to use their annual foreign exchange quotas to invest in overseas markets.

Envy Asset Management and Envy Global Trading are suspected of using investors’ funds to finance nickel trading activities. Both have had their bank accounts frozen.