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Enforcement
US SEC Fines Barclays $361m for Securities Over-issuances
By Editors | 02/10/2022
Barclays did not have controls in place to track offers and sales of securities against the amount of registered offers and sales.
ESG / Sustainability
FMSB Publishes Spotlight Review on Voluntary Carbon Markets
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 02/10/2022
The spotlight review details the key challenges of VCMs and offers recommendations to help in their transition into a mature asset class.
Securities / Derivatives
SEBI Modifies Rules on Daily Price Limits for Commodity Futures
By Editors | 02/10/2022
Exchanges may relax the daily price limit in “exceptional circumstance” to resolve price differences between local and overseas markets.
Securities / Derivatives
SEBI Grants BSE Final Approval to Launch Gold Trading
By Editors | 02/10/2022
BSE has already conducted mock trading sessions for its members in a test environment to enable trading in electronic gold receipts.
Market Infrastructure
RBA Expresses Concerns Over CHESS System Delays in ASX Assessment
By Editors | 02/10/2022
ASX recorded a “strike” against the adoption of its remuneration report, which included a A$1.2mn bonus for former CEO Dominic Stevens despite the CHESS replacement delay.
ESG / Sustainability
China Designates 18 ‘Gatekeepers’ for Green Bond Market
By Darien Choong | 02/10/2022
The 18 firms, which include PwC, EY and Morningstar’s China units, will be responsible for evaluating and certifying green bonds and help to prevent greenwashing.
Securities / Derivatives
TWSE to Lower Listing Requirements for Innovation Board
By Editors | 02/10/2022
The Taiwan Innovation Board was launched in July last year to cater to innovative startups, but has seen only one listing so far.
ESG / Sustainability
Singapore Exchange Launches Battery Metal Futures
By Editors | 02/10/2022
Contracts were launched in battery-grade lithium carbonate; lithium hydroxide; cobalt metal; and cobalt hydroxide.
Securities / Derivatives
SWIFT Launching New Service to Reduce Settlement Fails
By Editors | 02/10/2022
The service will use UTIs to enable automated tracking of both sides of the transaction by all market participants involved.
ESG / Sustainability
ISDA Analyses Regulatory Treatment of SLDs in Hong Kong
By Editors | 02/10/2022
The paper considers how SLDs would be classified and regulated, and the compliance issues for market participants to consider when executing SLDs.
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