Markets & Infrastructure

    Trading & Investment

    HKEX to Launch of New Options on Futures Contracts

    By Editors | 12/08/2021

    Before offering OOF products to clients, participants should ensure system readiness and that end clients understand the settlement mechanism and risk involved.

    Payments & Settlements

    Cambodia, Maybank Launch Cross-border Remittances Using ‘Bakong’

    By Pongnut Thanaboonchai | 12/08/2021

    Maybank customers in Malaysia can use the bank’s e-wallet to transfer funds to recipients in Cambodia with Bakong e-wallets.

    Structural Regulation

    Australia Passes Amendments to Continuous Disclosure Laws

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 12/08/2021

    Companies can provide forward-looking guidance to the market without the fear of class actions if forecasts are found to be inaccurate.

    Conduct, Culture & Accountability

    CSRC to Increase Scrutiny on Fund Manager Governance

    By Editors | 12/08/2021

    The CSRC will revise certain rulesets and establish a new evaluation system to assess the quality of corporate governance at individual firms.

    Market Data & Technology

    DSB Signs MoU on UPI Governance Arrangements

    By Editors | 12/08/2021

    The Derivatives Service Bureau and Regulatory Oversight Committee will cooperate to enshrine governance and oversight arrangements in the UPI service.

    Structural Regulation

    FMA Proposes Financial Reporting Exemptions for Insolvent Firms

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 11/08/2021

    New Zealand’s FMA is considering introducing a class exemption for insolvent FMC reporting entities from certain financial reporting obligations.

    Structural Regulation

    Bursa Malaysia to Enhance Framework for Main Market Advisers

    By Editors | 11/08/2021

    The amendments will make available a wider pool of qualified corporate finance advisers to act as a Recognised Principal Adviser on the Main Market.

    Structural Regulation

    Japan, UK Regulators Exchange Letters on CRA Supervision

    By Editors | 11/08/2021

    The letters set out a framework for cooperation on regulatory, supervisory and enforcement matters in relation to credit rating agencies.

    Structural Regulation

    BNM Standardises Reference Rate Used in Floating-rate Loans

    By Editors | 11/08/2021

    The ‘Standardised Base Rate’ will replace the ‘Base Rate’ as the reference rate for new retail floating-rate loans from 1 August 2022.

    Trading & Investment

    Thai SEC Proposes More Flexible Rules for Fund Advertising

    By Pongnut Thanaboonchai | 11/08/2021

    More principle-based requirements will provide more flexibility to fund managers while still adequately protecting investors, the SEC said.

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