Markets & Infrastructure

    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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