Markets & Infrastructure

Trading & Investment

Advisory Board Asks SEBI to Focus on Averting Crisis

By Editors | 18/07/2015

Focus on understanding the commodities markets with an emphasis on averting crisis before taking up developmental issues.

Structural Regulation

Malaysia Enhances Listing Rules for ACE Market

By Editors | 18/07/2015

Bursa Malaysia has on introduced enhancements to listing requirements for its ACE Market in a bid to incentivise more small and medium enterprises to list.

Resolution & Recovery

India Regulator to Create Trade Depository Winding Down Framework

By Editors | 17/07/2015

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is working on a new policy which will establish a framework for the orderly winding down of trade depositories in the event of a depository going bust or voluntarily closing its business.

Structural Regulation

Global Structural Reform Drives Significant Investment at Financial Institutions, says Accenture

By Editors | 17/07/2015

More than half of firms expect to spend more than US$200 million this year on overhaul projects to ensure compliance with global structural reform requirements, with nearly one-third expecting to spend more than US$500 million.

Market Abuse

China Cracks Down on Grey Market Margin Lending

By Editors | 16/07/2015

The China Securities Regulatory Commission has increased scrutiny of peer-to-peer lenders, which have been operating outside of approved margin lending channels.

Structural Regulation

ASIC Releases Evidence Metrics for Self-Assessment of Regulator Performance

By Editors | 15/07/2015

The Australian Securities and Investment Commission has released the evidence metrics it will use to report against the Federal Government’s Regulator Performance Framework, which aims to reduce the regulatory burden while achieving the same regulatory outcomes.

Structural Regulation

Challenges Ahead for New SGX Chief

By Editors | 15/07/2015

Former investment banker Loh Boon Chye will be presented with several challenges as he takes over at the helm of the Singapore Exchange.

Trading & Investment

China Liberalises Domestic Bond Market

By Editors | 15/07/2015

China continued to liberalise its domestic capital market by scrapping quotas that limited investments.

Trading & Investment

SEBI Concerns Over Regulating Forward Contracts

By Editors | 13/07/2015

The Securities and Exchange Board of India says it is not comfortable with forward contracts on the commodity exchanges it will soon be expected to regulate.