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Structural Regulation
SFC Strengthens Protections for Client Assets Held by AIs
By Editors | 09/07/2019
Intermediaries and AIs must sign an acknowledgement letter making clear that assets held in designated client asset accounts are protected from recourse.
Trading & Investment
PBOC Suspends Traders for ‘Abnormal’ Overnight Repo Transactions
By Editors | 09/07/2019
The trades involved overnight bond repo transactions in the interbank market at prices below normal market rates.
Structural Regulation
India Proposes Additional GIFT City Tax Incentives
By Editors | 08/07/2019
Existing tax incentives have been extended to 10 years from 5 years. New exemptions for dividend distribution tax and alternate investment funds also proposed.
Trading & Investment
SSE STAR Market to Start Trading on 22 July
By Editors | 08/07/2019
The Shanghai Stock Exchange has said the first batch of listings on the new science and technology innovation board will start trading on 22 July.
Trading & Investment
Philippine SEC Drafts Framework for Cross-border Publication of Research
By Editors | 08/07/2019
Under the draft framework, capital market professionals authorised by the SEC can issue research reports in ASEAN countries that are MoU signatories: Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.
Structural Regulation
ASIC Updates Assessment Procedures for AFS Licence Applicants
By Editors | 08/07/2019
Licence applicants are now required to provide certain additional information and documents in their application to allow ASIC to ensure responsible officers are of good fame or character.
Trading & Investment
China to Launch New Futures Contracts
By Editors | 08/07/2019
China will launch futures contracts in urea, rubber and glutinous rice, and potentially stainless steel futures later in the year.
Payments & Settlements
Open Banking, APIs Will Unlock a Host of Opportunities: NPP Australia
By Editors | 08/07/2019
A new white paper from NPP Australia provides an overview of developments in other real-time payments markets, including opportunities and challenges for the payments sector.
Trading & Investment
HKEX to Expand Closing Auction Session to All Equities, Funds
By Editors | 08/07/2019
The expansion will help improve trading liquidity at close, simplifying operations of market participants, and standardise closing times for equities.
Structural Regulation
China to Resume Approvals for Domestically Funded Securities Firms
By Editors | 07/07/2019
All newly approved brokerages since 2008 have been joint ventures between domestic and foreign investors. But market access should also be broadened to domestic investors, the CSRC says.
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