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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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