Markets & Infrastructure

Payments & Settlements

RBI Links FX-Retail platform with Bharat Connect to Widen Access

By Nithya Subramanian | 09/10/2025

The pilot linkage is expected to expand retail access to the FX market, enabling customers of five banks to buy US dollars directly through digital channels and third-party apps.

Structural Regulation

SEBI Proposes Major Overhaul of Exchange Administration Rules

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 09/10/2025

SEBI plans to merge rules for equity and commodity exchanges and create separate frameworks for exchanges and clearing corporations to ease compliance.

Alternative Markets

Hong Kong Opens Pension Funds to Listed Private Equity

By Manesh Samtani | 09/10/2025

The move allows MPF schemes to invest up to 10% of NAV in approved listed PE funds as part of a broader strategy.

Trading & Investment

Nepal Task Force Proposes Reforms to Revitalise Capital Market

By Editors | 09/10/2025

The plan includes removing lending caps, restructuring the stock exchange via an IPO, and introducing derivatives, short selling, and securities lending.

Trading & Investment

TAIFEX to Reduce Electronics Options Contract Size

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 09/10/2025

TAIFEX is quartering the contract multiplier and adjusting tick sizes to increase trading flexibility and attract more market participants.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability

HKEX Bans 3 Ex-Orient Securities Directors Over Loan Governance Failures

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 09/10/2025

HKEX has sanctioned Orient Securities and six former directors for oversight failures that led to over HKD 180 million in loan impairments.

Trading & Investment

Fullerton Launches First Retail Fund Under MAS’ EQDP

By Nithya Subramanian | 09/10/2025

The launch aligns with MAS’s strategy to deepen the domestic equities market, enhance capital efficiency, and improve long-term investor engagement.

Trading & Investment

SEBI to Review Securities Lending Rules to Boost Cash Market Liquidity

By Editors | 09/10/2025

The regulator is reviewing the process and design of its SLB mechanism, which has seen limited traction compared to the more popular futures market for shorting.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability

APRA Disqualifies Ex-Neobank Directors in First Use of FAR

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 09/10/2025

APRA has banned two former directors of the failed Xinja Bank for misleading the regulator over the bank's capital position, marking the first disqualifications under the FAR.