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Structural Regulation
Myanmar Plans Second Stock Exchange For Public Companies
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 17/09/2020
The new exchange will be set up as a pre-listing board with looser listing requirements, and serve as a launchpad for listing on the YSX.
Payments & Settlements
SWIFT Announces Enhancements in Payments, Securities Processing
By Editors | 17/09/2020
The enhancements will be made available through a next-generation digital platform that will “fundamentally transform” payments and securities processing, SWIFT says.
Trading & Investment
Markets Must Remain Open, Transparent if Volatility Returns: WFE
By Manesh Samtani | 17/09/2020
Under no circumstances should restrictions on trading be invoked because of increased volatility, the WFE says in a guidance note.
Conduct, Culture & Accountability
BOT Enhances Fair Service Rules for Banks, Asset Managers
By Editors | 17/09/2020
Besides banks and their subsidiaries, the rules have been extended to cover also asset managers and nanofinance operators.
Alternative Markets
CSRC Issues Draft Rules for Private Equity Funds
By Editors | 17/09/2020
The rules seek to address concerns that some private equity funds are being used as vehicles for public fundraising and qualified investor requirements are being circumvented.
Conduct, Culture & Accountability
SFC Bans Sponsor Principal for 20 Months Over 2017 IPO Application
By Manesh Samtani | 16/09/2020
Former Yi Shun Da Capital CEO breached the code of conduct and sponsor guidelines in his work on the listing application of Imperial Sierra Group in 2017.
Reporting & Disclosures
Singapore Fund Industry to Collaborate to Address Skills Gap
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 16/09/2020
The first phase of the initiative will equip asset management trainees with foundation skills as well as future-ready skills in fintech, impact investing and ESG.
Trading & Investment
India to Introduce New Interest Rate Derivatives Products
By Editors | 16/09/2020
The new products will be accessible to FPIs as well as non-residents transacting with Indian market makers through intermediaries.
Emerging Prudential Risks
Cross-border Real Estate Investors Raise APAC Financial Stability Risk
By Manesh Samtani | 16/09/2020
Global investors amplify volatility in commercial real estate markets, a phenomenon that has been pronounced during the Covid-19 shock, the BIS says.
Clearing & Post-Trade
BNP, Digital Asset to Develop DLT Connectivity to ASX, HKEX
By Editors | 15/09/2020
BNP Paribas Securities Services and Digital Asset have joined forces to design real-time trade and settlement apps using DAML smart contracts.
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