Markets & Infrastructure

    Trading & Investment

    CSRC Approves ZCE Polyester Staple Fiber Futures Contract

    By Editors | 28/09/2020

    The new contract will provide relevant enterprises open, continuous and transparent price signals and effective risk management tools, the CSRC said.

    Sustainable Finance

    China Yangtze Power Lists Depositary Receipts in London

    By Editors | 28/09/2020

    Yangtze Power is the first Chinese issuer to receive LSE’s ‘Green Economy Mark’, which recognises firms that derive at least half of revenues from the green economy.

    Trading & Investment

    UK Manager Baillie Gifford Sets Up China Fund Unit

    By Editors | 28/09/2020

    Baillie Gifford has become the latest foreign asset manager to set up a wholly-owned securities investment fund unit in China.

    Structural Regulation

    Taiwan FSC Issues New Rules on Domestic OBU Accounts

    By Editors | 28/09/2020

    About 90,000 of Taiwan’s 130,000 OBU accounts are owned by overseas firms that are actually Taiwanese companies.

    CBDCs

    HKMA Selects ConsenSys to Lead Next Phase of CBDC Project

    By Editors | 28/09/2020

    Project Inthanon-LionRock studied the application of a CBDC for cross-border payments. ConsenSys will lead implementation of the project’s next phase.

    Trading & Investment

    Chinese Regulators to Combine QFII, RQFII from 1 November

    By Editors | 27/09/2020

    The move to combine the QFII and RQFII into a single ‘qualified foreign investor’ regime is aimed at further easing foreign access to China’s capital markets.

    Trading & Investment

    FTSE Russell to Include Chinese Govt Bonds in Global Index

    By Editors | 27/09/2020

    FTSE Russell cites significant market infrastructure improvements to expand access to international investors, improve liquidity, and develop settlement and custody processes.

    Credit Risk

    Australia Prepares to Abolish Responsible Lending Obligations

    By Manesh Samtani | 27/09/2020

    Lenders will no longer have to assess borrowers’ earnings and expenses to determine whether they can afford to repay their debt without hardship.

    Cryptocurrency

    EU Unveils Digital Finance Strategy, Crypto-asset Framework

    By Manesh Samtani | 27/09/2020

    The package consists of a digital finance strategy, a retail payments strategy, and legislative proposals for regulating the crypto-asset sector.

    Structural Regulation

    EU Sets Out Action Plan to Achieve Capital Markets Union

    By Editors | 27/09/2020

    The Action Plan seeks to make financing more accessible to European companies and integrate national capital markets into a genuine single market.

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