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Trading & Investment
Bursa Malaysia Issuers to Offer Electronic Options to Shareholders
By Editors | 27/04/2020
Listed issuers will be required to offer shareholders electronic options to subscribe for rights shares, exercise convertible securities and participate in dividend reinvestment schemes.
Trading & Investment
Taiwan: FSC Orders Review of Futures Brokers’ Trading Systems
By Editors | 27/04/2020
Investors complained they lost money due to an inability to place orders last week when crude oil dipped into negative prices.
KYC & CDD
SEBI Endorses Technology Use to Facilitate Online KYC
By Editors | 27/04/2020
The investor KYC process can be completed through websites or apps, which should include video-based ID verification, liveness checks, and electronic signatures and documents.
Data Privacy
Open Banking: ACCC Allows Flexibility to Delay Product Data Sharing
By Editors | 26/04/2020
Non-major banks, building societies and credit unions can delay sharing product reference data until 1 November, but are encouraged to begin sharing this data “if they are in a position to do so”.
AI Risk & Governance
FMSB Publishes Spotlight Review on Algorithmic Trading
By Editors | 23/04/2020
The Spotlight Review highlights the importance and challenges of model risk management in areas where algorithmic trading is being deployed.
Cybersecurity
FSB Consults on Cyber Incident Response and Recovery Toolkit
By Editors | 20/04/2020
The toolkit lists 46 effective practices, structured across seven components: governance, preparation, analysis, mitigation, restoration, improvement, and coordination and communication.
Trading & Investment
Malaysia SC Announces Capital Market Measures to Support Businesses
By Editors | 17/04/2020
The measures include relief for publicly listed companies from PN17 (financial distress) classification, even if they fall below certain regulatory thresholds.
Cybersecurity
Fintech Risks Could Undermine Financial Inclusion
By Editors | 16/04/2020
The CPMI and World Bank have set out key actions to help stakeholders address fintech risks in the context of achieving financial inclusion outcomes.
Operational Risk
APRA Announces New Commencement Dates for Prudential Standards
By Editors | 16/04/2020
The new commencement dates relate to initial margin requirements and APRA’s prudential standards on information security, credit risk management and related entity exposures.
Trading & Investment
Malaysia, Shenzhen Bourses Enter MoU on Cross-border Collaboration
By Editors | 15/04/2020
The MoU will facilitate the display and joint promotion of Bursa Malaysia and SZSE benchmark indices in each other’s markets.
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