Market Data & Technology

Trading & Investment

Bursa Malaysia Introduces New Trading Features

By Editors | 09/01/2019

The exchange has introduced market order at pre-closing, on-open orders, on-close orders, iceberg orders and one-cancel-other orders.

Payments & Settlements

All SWIFT Banks to Adopt gpi Payments by End-2020

By Editors | 20/12/2018

Over half of SWIFT’s cross border traffic now goes through as gpi payments, with full adoption by its 10,000 member banks expected by end-2020.

Market Data & Technology

Philippines Enhances Fair Value Pricing of Financial Instruments

By Editors | 16/11/2018

The new guidelines tweak rules on marking to market to align with international standards, promote transparency and confidence in the markets, and encourage active market trading.

Market Data & Technology

SGX to Distribute China Interbank Bond Indices to International Investors

By Garima Chitkara | 15/11/2018

The agreement to distribute CFETS-BOC bond indices outside of China is just one among four agreements signed between China and Singapore this week.

Payments & Settlements

SWIFT gpi Instant Cross-Border Payments Trial Hailed a Success

By Manesh Samtani | 22/10/2018

All payments during the trial were processed end-to-end within 60 seconds, demonstrating the service’s capabilities to scale and integrate with other real-time payment systems.

Trading & Investment

Japanese Brokers to Seek TSE Compensation for Trading Glitch

By Manesh Samtani | 19/10/2018

Up to 40 brokerages face billions of yen in potential losses on over 100,000 retroactive trades they are duty-bound to make after trading was halted last week due to a connection failure.

Trading & Investment

New Platform for Northbound Trading Set for Mid-2019 – HKEX

By Editors | 08/10/2018

New information paper presents an overview of the migration of HKEX technology infrastructure for northbound trading under Stock Connect.

Payments & Settlements

SWIFT gpi Analytics Tool to Improve Payments Optimisation

By Editors | 05/10/2018

New analytics tool will provide gpi members with actionable business intelligence and enable a better understanding of end-to-end payment flows.

Structural Regulation

MAS Goes Live with Reporting Requirement for OTC Commodity, Equity Trades

By Manesh Samtani | 02/10/2018

Firms must report OTC derivatives transactions in commodities and equities to a licensed trade repository; DTCC welcomes the MAS’ move to improve transparency and reduce risk.