Markets & Infrastructure

Trading & Investment

Taiwan to Introduce Continuous Trading for Equities in 2020

By Editors | 06/09/2018

Continuous trading will enable real-time trading by matching orders immediately; existing call auction mechanism collects orders over five seconds before matching occurs.

Clearing & Post-Trade

ASX Defers CHESS Replacement by Six Months to Ensure Readiness

By Manesh Samtani | 05/09/2018

ASX deferred the earliest go-live date for new DLT-based system to target March-April 2021; will provide additional six months for user development and testing, industry testing and accreditation.

Market Data & Technology

ISIN-to-LEI Mapping Initiative Set to Improve Transparency

By Editors | 05/09/2018

New global initiative announced by ANNA and GLEIF will map ISINs to their corresponding LEIs, effectively linking the issuer and issuance of securities.

Structural Regulation

Regulatory Coordination Needed to Reduce Inefficiencies in APAC – Report

By Manesh Samtani | 05/09/2018

With regulation continuing to play a prominent role in Asia over the next five years, China’s Belt and Road initiative is likely to drive increased coordination between the region’s regulators, says a new report from Broadridge and Kapronasia.

Trading & Investment

Increased Use of Futures in Asset Management Could Adversely Impact Market – Kuroda

By Garima Chitkara | 05/09/2018

Increased use of futures in ETFs and investment trusts, while desirable to deepen futures market, has the potential to create correlation and contagion risks among asset classes where none existed before.

Payments & Settlements

India Launches Payments Bank Using Postal Network

By Editors | 04/09/2018

On 1 September, India’s postal services launched a payments bank to offer basic banking and remittance services, starting from 650 post offices with an aim to expanding to its network of 155,000 post offices by 31 December.

Structural Regulation

HKMA Receives 29 Bids for First Round of Virtual Bank Licences

By Garima Chitkara | 03/09/2018

Standard Chartered, WeLab, Zhong An Bank and HKT among several banking, technology and telecom firms applying for virtual banking licenses.

Emerging Prudential Risks

China, Japan Agree To Enhance Financial, Regulatory Cooperation

By Garima Chitkara | 03/09/2018

Central bank and finance ministry officials from China and Japan have agreed to increase dialogue and cooperation on financial supervisory and stability efforts, while opening up financial markets to each other.

Clearing & Post-Trade

First Commodity Derivatives Clearing House Starts Operations in India

By Editors | 03/09/2018

First commodity derivatives clearing house in India, MCX Clearing Corporation, begins operations from 3 September 2018.garima