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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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