Market Data & Technology

Trading & Investment

NEX Launches OTC Derivatives Reporting Solution in Australia

By Editors | 17/09/2018

The solution ensures data integrity and quality before delivery to CME Group or DTCC Asia licensed trade repositories.

Structural Regulation

FundForum: Nurturing Growth in Hong Kong’s Asset Management Sector – SFC

By Manesh Samtani | 06/09/2018

The SFC’s Alexandra Yeong says Hong Kong has made great strides towards becoming a global centre for asset management.

Trading & Investment

Taiwan to Introduce Continuous Trading for Equities in 2020

By Editors | 06/09/2018

Continuous trading will enable real-time trading by matching orders immediately; existing call auction mechanism collects orders over five seconds before matching occurs.

Market Data & Technology

ISIN-to-LEI Mapping Initiative Set to Improve Transparency

By Editors | 05/09/2018

New global initiative announced by ANNA and GLEIF will map ISINs to their corresponding LEIs, effectively linking the issuer and issuance of securities.

Trading & Investment

Increased Use of Futures in Asset Management Could Adversely Impact Market – Kuroda

By Garima Chitkara | 05/09/2018

Increased use of futures in ETFs and investment trusts, while desirable to deepen futures market, has the potential to create correlation and contagion risks among asset classes where none existed before.

Trading & Investment

Fund Managers Cite Data, Regulation as Major Challenges – State Street

By Manesh Samtani | 30/08/2018

New research from State Street has identified access to distribution data as a major challenge for asset managers; understanding the impact of local regulation on strategy the biggest challenge for product launches.

Payments & Settlements

SWIFT Trials Instant Cross-Border Payments Service in Asia Pacific

By Garima Chitkara | 27/08/2018

SWIFT is set to trial its gpi payments service using Australia’s New Payments Platform, together with banks from China, Singapore and Thailand.

Structural Regulation

FSB Conducts Peer Review on LEI Implementation

By Garima Chitkara | 20/08/2018

The FSB is proposing a thematic peer review to analyse LEI adoption among member jurisdictions and identify the implementation challenges faced by firms.

Market Data & Technology

CPMI, IOSCO Consult on Governance of OTC Derivatives Data

By Editors | 20/08/2018

New consultative document identifies key criteria, functions and bodies for the governance arrangements for critical OTC derivatives data elements data, other that UTI and UPI.