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Market Data & Technology
Tokyo Bourse, IHS Markit to Combine Securities Finance Data
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 08/09/2020
The combined dataset will provide five years of historical short selling and stock loan data covering Japanese equities for use in portfolio analysis and construction.
Trading & Investment
Taiwan FSC Penalises 12 Futures Brokers Over Oil Trades
By Lucy Zhang | 08/09/2020
The futures brokers failed to announce negative oil prices in April and were unable to accept orders from clients, among other failures.
Trading & Investment
Industry Standards Needed for Measuring Execution Quality: FMSB
By Editors | 08/09/2020
Best practice principles will facilitate regulatory compliance and drive efficiencies in the measurement of execution quality, the FMSB says in a new spotlight review.
Trading & Investment
Korea Exchange Launches ‘New Deal’ Market Indices
By Editors | 08/09/2020
The new indices track Korea’s largest battery, biotech, internet and gaming stocks. KRX plans to launch ETFs based on the new indices next month.
Market Data & Technology
ASX Opens Data Science Platform to Third Party Firms
By Editors | 07/09/2020
ASX DataSphere allows third-party firms to experiment with ASX and non-ASX datasets spanning fixed income, interest rates, derivatives, equities, and benchmarks.
Conduct, Culture & Accountability
MAS to Implement CMFAS Exam Changes in Q1 2020
By Editors | 07/09/2020
MAS is consulting on amendments to the FAA and SFA Notices to introduce provisions on ethics and skills into the existing CMFAS rules and regulations modules.
Trading & Investment
TOCOM Seeks Market Makers for Electricity Futures Contracts
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 07/09/2020
The market maker programme will ensure smooth execution of transactions and improve liquidity in the electricity futures market.
Structural Regulation
CBIRC Approves First Foreign Owned Money Broker in China
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 07/09/2020
Japan’s Ueda Yagi Tanshi’s application to establish a wholly-owned money broker in China has been approved.
Credit Risk
HKMA Directs Banks to Enhance Digital Lending Disclosures
By Manesh Samtani | 07/09/2020
Digital lending platforms have 12 months to enhance disclosures and transparency to ensure borrowers are made to understand the implications of their borrowing decisions.
Sustainable Finance
S. Korea to Create $16.8bn ‘New Deal’ Fund Over 5 Years
By Manesh Samtani | 07/09/2020
The government will act as a subordinate investor, meaning that it (namely, taxpayers) will absorb up to 10 percent of any possible losses first.
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