Markets & Infrastructure

    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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