Markets & Infrastructure

    Trading & Investment

    Korea’s Reduction in Foreign Shareholder Capital Gains Tax Threshold Arouses Concern

    By Garima Chitkara | 10/01/2018

    Government to cut threshold from 25% to 5%, ASIFMA says reduction will challenge securities firms, produce no tax revenue.

    Trading & Investment

    HKEx Considering New Rules to Boost Trading Volumes

    By Garima Chitkara | 10/01/2018

    HK exchange looking to establish new trading rules, including rebates, simplified collateral regulations and removal of 10bp stamp duty charge.

    Trading & Investment

    MiFID II – Just the Start of a Perfect Storm for Research

    By Peter Guy | 08/01/2018

    The unbundling of research costs will not only create more transparency but usher in a collapse and change in banking research.

    Payments & Settlements

    Banks Must Ensure Foreigners’ RMB Investment Returns Can Be ‘Freely Remitted’ – PBOC

    By Samuel Riding | 08/01/2018

    PBOC confirms overseas investors can use RMB funds to participate in China’s emissions trading market; send RMB profits, dividends back home.

    Trading & Investment

    China Tightens Rules for Bond Traders

    By Editors | 08/01/2018

    Informal transactions will no longer be allowed; market participants will need to sign written agreements.

    Trading & Investment

    Higher Stock Transaction Tax to Impact Trading Volume: PSE

    By Garima Chitkara | 05/01/2018

    Stock transaction tax increased 20% from 1 January 2018; change in timeline took exchange by surprise.

    Structural Regulation

    India Confirms Stock, Commodity Trading to be Allowed on Single Exchanges

    By Garima Chitkara | 04/01/2018

    Individual exchanges will be able to host equity, equity derivative, commodity derivative, currency derivative, interest rate future and debt instruments.

    Structural Regulation

    China Details Banking Sector Liberalisation

    By Garima Chitkara | 03/01/2018

    CBRC will support foreign bank branches entry into government bond-related businesses, loosen RMB retail deposit-taking requirements for foreign bank branches.

    Clearing & Post-Trade

    Indonesia to Establish Derivatives CCP

    By Editors | 03/01/2018

    Centralising counterparty risk at a clearinghouse will make derivative products offered by Indonesian financial institutions more competitive.

    Structural Regulation

    India Overhauls Credit Rating Agency, Fund Sponsor Regulations

    By Editors | 02/01/2018

    Securities regulator increases net worth requirement for agencies, requires separate legal entities for ‘non-core business’.

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