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Trading & Investment
Bursa Allows Investors to Accept General Offers Electronically
By Editors | 07/10/2021
Previously, investors were required to physically submit a transfer form to their brokers and an offer document for acceptance to the share registrar.
Trading & Investment
Hong Kong Announces Initiatives to Bolster Financial Hub Status
By Manesh Samtani | 07/10/2021
Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced measures to improve the stock market listing regime and enable RMB-denominated securities in Hong Kong.
Conduct, Culture & Accountability
Australia Drafts Rules for Financial Advisor Discipinary Matters
By Editors | 07/10/2021
The regulations prescribe when ASIC must refer disciplinary matters to the single disciplinary body and which sanctions must be included on the Financial Advisers Register.
AI Risk & Governance
BIS Partners with MAS, BOE, ISDA on Data & Analytics Platform
By Manesh Samtani | 07/10/2021
Project Ellipse explores the use of ISDA’s Common Domain Model to digitally extract, query and analyse large quantities of data in real-time for supervisory purposes.
Stablecoins
PFMI Applies to Global Stablecoins, CPMI & IOSCO Confirm
By Editors | 07/10/2021
The transfer function of a stablecoin arrangement is “comparable” to the transfer function performed by other types of financial market infrastructures.
Anti-Bribery & Corruption
HK ICAC, FRC to Collaborate on Financial Market Malpractice
By Editors | 07/10/2021
The new MoU sets out a framework for cooperation, covering case referrals, joint investigations, information exchange, mutual investigative assistance and training.
Liquidity Risk
CBSL Roadmap Outlines Six Month Plan to Stabilise Sri Lanka
By Duruthu E Chandrasekera | 06/10/2021
Export proceeds must be repatriated and converted to local currency. The loan moratorium will be unwound gradually. Liquidity support will be provided to banks.
Climate Risk
Derivatives Are “Essential” to Carbon Markets: ISDA
By Editors | 06/10/2021
Regulatory action is needed to address disproportionately high capital requirements that would be imposed on carbon certificates by FRTB.
Trading & Investment
SEBI Proposes Adjustments to IPO Book Building Framework
By Ranamita Chakraborty | 06/10/2021
SEBI says some issuers have been setting “extremely narrow” price bands to camouflage fixed price issues as book built issues.
PEPs & Sanctions
SWIFT Publishes Guidelines for Screening ISO 20022 Messages
By Editors | 06/10/2021
Richer data in ISO 20022 messages allow financial institutions to potentially reduce false positives in sanctions screening, SWIFT says.
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