Markets & Infrastructure

Trading & Investment

India to Allow Funds, Portfolio Managers to Invest in Commodity Derivatives

By Editors | 11/12/2017

Securities regulator says market has had insufficient institutional involvement, leading to poor price discovery and risk management.

Credit Risk

Regulation and China’s Growing Debt Mountain

By Peter Guy | 11/12/2017

The recent collapse of OBOR deals shows how inadequate financial regulation is starting to impact international transactions.

Structural Regulation

MiFID II: Everything European Banks Active in Asia Need to Know

By Fabienne Sayarath | 07/12/2017

Exploring key issues including the status of local subsidiaries, trading venue uncertainty, transaction reporting and more as the deadline looms.

Structural Regulation

What You Need to Know About MiFID II Product Governance Requirements

By Samuel Riding | 07/12/2017

With less than a month to go before the MiFID II comes into effect, Vijay Chander, executive director for Fixed […]

Structural Regulation

Don’t Panic – MiFID II Set for ‘Soft’ Launch

By Samuel Riding | 07/12/2017

Experts say regulators likely to accept a ‘best efforts’ approach for at least several weeks after MiFID II official implementation deadline.

Payments & Settlements

Japan, Singapore Developing Cross-border DLT Trade Prototype

By Editors | 07/12/2017

Mitsubishi UFJ- NTT DATA  distributed ledger expected to make cross-border flows more secure through single, unified platform.

Trading & Investment

China Introduces New Risk Management Rules for Exchange Members

By Editors | 07/12/2017

New rules, which go into effect on 1 June next year, include restrictions on buy-in of securities companies, fund companies and other participants.

Supervision & Enforcement

HK SFC Sees Criminal Charges Surge

By Editors | 07/12/2017

Securities regulator laid 42 charges in 6 months to end-September this year, up 180% from same period in 2016, but commenced far fewer investigations.

Clearing & Post-Trade

FIA Critiques EU Proposals to Directly Supervise Asia CCPs

By Garima Chitkara | 07/12/2017

Chief executive says some systemically important CCPs could be forced to move to Europe, fragmenting liquidity and raising costs.