Markets & Infrastructure

    Alternative Markets

    DBS, Temasek to Launch Debt Financing Platform, EvolutionX

    By Editors | 01/08/2021

    The new platform will help founder entrepreneurs avoid dilution of share equity in their companies’ initial stages of development.

    Structural Regulation

    CBIRC Grants Approval to Allianz Insurance Asset Management

    By Editors | 01/08/2021

    The approval will make Allianz China IMAC the first fully foreign-owned insurance asset management company on the Chinese mainland.

    Custody & Infrastructure

    CSRC Grants Citigroup Approval to Launch Custody Business

    By Editors | 01/08/2021

    The licence allows Citi to provide custody services for fund products issued by fund firms or other asset managers in China.

    PEPs & Sanctions

    State Street Updates TraHK Prospectus as US Sanctions Take Effect

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 01/08/2021

    In an addendum, State Street says TraHK units will not be offered or sold in the US or to US persons located outside the US.

    Conduct, Culture & Accountability

    AIA New Zealand Faces Penalty for Misleading Customers

    By Ranamita Chakraborty | 01/08/2021

    AIA’s remediation process is complete and it has reviewed its systems and processes to make sure the breaches did not recur.

    Structural Regulation

    FMSB Finalises Standard on Use of Term SONIA

    By Manesh Samtani | 31/07/2021

    Use cases for Term SONIA include trade finance, working capital products, Islamic finance, export finance, and emerging markets lending.

    Trading & Investment

    ARRC Formally Recommends CME Group SOFR Term Rates

    By Editors | 31/07/2021

    Forward-looking term rates are needed for syndicated and bilateral corporate loans, as well as in the CLO and leveraged loans markets.

    Cryptocurrency

    Ripple Opens Japan-Philippines Remittance Corridor

    By Manesh Samtani | 31/07/2021

    Japan’s SBI Remit will connect with Coins.ph and crypto exchange SBI VC Trade to open the remittance corridor, leveraging Ripple’s on-demand liquidity service.

    Structural Regulation

    US SEC to Require New Disclosures from Chinese Issuers

    By Manesh Samtani | 31/07/2021

    Chinese issuers with VIE structures will have to “prominently and clearly” disclose that they face uncertainty about future actions by the Chinese government.

    Structural Regulation

    BSP Grants Fourth Digital Bank Licence to UnionBank

    By Editors | 31/07/2021

    UnionBank is the latest to receive the licence after Landbank’s Overseas Filipino Bank, Tonik Bank, and UNOBank.

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