Markets & Infrastructure

    Alternative Markets

    SEBI Proposes New Reporting NAV Rules for AIFs

    By Nithya Subramanian | 22/09/2025

    SEBI has proposed new rules requiring AIFs to report NAVs to depositories within 15 days of valuation.

    Clearing & Post-Trade

    HK Official Confirms Plan to Pursue T+1 Settlement

    By Manesh Samtani | 22/09/2025

    Specific proposals for T+1 settlement will be rolled out next year, while officials call for a careful assessment of the more complex 24-hour trading model.

    Structural Regulation

    Top ASIC and APRA Officials Announce Planned Departures

    By Editors | 22/09/2025

    ASIC Chair Joe Longo and APRA Deputy Chair Margaret Cole will step down in 2026, prompting the government to begin its search for their replacements.

    Clearing & Post-Trade

    HKEX's OTC Clear to Launch LPR Swaps Under Swap Connect

    By Manesh Samtani | 22/09/2025

    OTC Clear is adding the 1-year Loan Prime Rate for Northbound swaps and extending NDIRS tenors, with new risk and reporting rules.

    Trading & Investment

    BOJ Surprises Market With ETF, J-REIT Disposal Plan

    By Manesh Samtani | 22/09/2025

    The BOJ will gradually unwind its holdings and end its ETF lending facility, marking a further step towards policy normalisation.

    Trading & Investment

    China Exchanges Set Out New Framework for Bond Buybacks

    By Manesh Samtani | 22/09/2025

    New rules from the three major exchanges define specific price-drop triggers for issuers to repurchase bonds on the open market.

    Custody & Infrastructure

    Central Banks Outline Options for Tokenised Wholesale Settlement

    By Manesh Samtani | 21/09/2025

    Report co-authored by BIS and seven central banks and maps out six approaches for integrating new technologies like DLT with central bank money.

    Structural Regulation

    Indonesia Mulls Central Bank Overhaul, Stoking Independence Fears

    By Mark Johnston | 21/09/2025

    Proposed law would expand Bank Indonesia’s growth mandate and grant parliament powers to dismiss board members.s, rattling financial markets.

    Trading & Investment

    Thailand Acts to Stabilise Baht After Surge to Four-Year High

    By Editors | 21/09/2025

    BOT confirmed intervention and the new government vowed to probe capital flows as the currency's strength threatens exports and tourism.

    Sustainable Finance

    KRX Partners with Xpansiv to Launch New Carbon Market

    By Editors | 21/09/2025

    The collaboration will link South Korea's new voluntary carbon market to Xpansiv's global exchange to boost liquidity and international access.

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