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Trading & Investment
SGX to Migrate MSCI Taiwan Contracts to FTSE Early
By Manesh Samtani | 07/10/2020
The move is reportedly aimed at avoiding potential operational issues as market uncertainty persists into the end of the year.
Market Data & Technology
G20 Data Gaps Initiative Has ‘Proven its Value’: FSB, IMF
By Editors | 07/10/2020
The fourth progress report on phase two implementation of DGI-2 says progress made to date has proven its value during the crisis triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Conduct, Culture & Accountability
Korea FSS to Penalise Brokerage CEOs Over Lime Asset Mis-selling
By Editors | 07/10/2020
The proposed sanctions may include a ban on former and current CEOs of three brokerage firms from working in the financial industry for up to five years.
Tokenisation
BOT Issues $1.6bn in Government Savings Bonds on Blockchain
By Editors | 07/10/2020
Leveraging IBM blockchain technology, Bank of Thailand’s platform reduces a process that previously took 15 days to two days.
Clearing & Post-Trade
ISDA, Digital Asset Launch CDM Clearing Pilot Using DAML
By Editors | 06/10/2020
Deploying the Common Domain Model for clearing using DAML will increase standardisation and operational efficiency across the entire clearing lifecycle.
Conduct, Culture & Accountability
Conduct Risk a Top Concern Among Banks, Insurers: ORX
By Editors | 06/10/2020
In retail banking, scenario development commonly featured conduct risk. In Asia Pacific, fraud has also been a significant concern among FIs.
Trade Based Money Laundering
Singapore Banks to Develop Trade Finance Registry to Combat Fraud
By Manesh Samtani | 06/10/2020
DBS and StanChart are leading a project to develop a central registry which will prevent borrowers from using the same collateral to secure loans with multiple banks.
Trading & Investment
Taiwan FSC Selects Nine Foreign Fund Managers to Receive Incentives
By Editors | 06/10/2020
AllianceBernstein, Allianz, Schroders, Invesco, JP Morgan, Fidelity, Nomura, NN Investment Partners and Franklin Templeton were selected.
Trading & Investment
HKFE Obtains CFTC Certification for More MSCI Contracts
By Editors | 06/10/2020
Two broad-based Taiwan equity index contracts have received CFTC certification, allowing them to be offered and sold to persons in the US.
Structural Regulation
CFTC Fines Morgan Stanley Over Inaccurate Swaps Reporting
By Editors | 06/10/2020
Morgan Stanley’s cooperation with the CFTC investigation was rewarded with a reduced civil monetary penalty of $5mn.
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