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News coverage on regulatory standards and innovations in market data infrastructure and technologies that support efficient, transparent, and secure financial market operations.
Clearing & Post-Trade
CSRC Standardises Assignment of Settlement Participant Codes
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 23/06/2021
The new standards will facilitate data sharing between FIs and within settlement participants, thereby promoting standardisation and enhancing data governance.
Payments & Settlements
MAS to Migrate MEPS+ to ISO 20022 in June 2022
By Manesh Samtani | 21/06/2021
MAS is adopting a two-phased approach to migrate to ISO 20022, beginning with payments on MEPS+ in June 2022.
Structural Regulation
China Tightens Rules on Commodity Price Index Compilers
By Editors | 21/06/2021
The new rules will help to standardise how commodity price indexes are compiled and improve transparency on the release of information.
Market Data & Technology
ASX Completes Corporate Actions Upgrade Project
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 17/06/2021
The project enables full straight-through processing for corporate actions, reducing risk for market participants and facilitating more informed decision-making.
Trading & Investment
Vietnam: HoSE Commences Trials on New Trading System
By Ranamita Chakraborty | 17/06/2021
HoSE has commenced connection trials with securities firms and intends to start functional trials from 26 July.
Custody & Infrastructure
Task Force Created to Align Digital Token Identifier With ISIN
By Editors | 12/06/2021
The task force is a joint collaboration between Etrading Software, the registration authority for the new ISO standard for DTIs, and ANNA.
Structural Regulation
Regulatory Harmonisation Critical to OTC Derivatives Reporting
By Priya Kundamal | 11/06/2021
The fragmentation of trade reporting rules and the lack of a common data set across jurisdictions hinders transparency and global risk monitoring, writes DTCC’s Priya Kundamal.
Market Data & Technology
SEBI Updates Rules for Centralised Corporate Bond Database
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 11/06/2021
The updated rules aim to further streamline the centralised database and provide further ease of access of information for investors.
Market Data & Technology
IHS Markit Starts Publishing New Credit-sensitive Rates
By Editors | 02/06/2021
The new rates are aimed at helping to facilitate the transition away from LIBOR for firms that want a term rate with credit sensitivity.
Conduct, Culture & Accountability
SEC Penalises S&P Dow Jones Indices for Disclosure Failure
By Ranamita Chakraborty | 22/05/2021
The SEC settled charges against S&P DJI for the dissemination of stale index values which resulted from an undisclosed quality control feature.
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