Markets & Infrastructure

Trading & Investment

TSE Pushes for Lower Minimum Investment Threshold

By Thisanka Siripala | 25/04/2025

The Tokyo Stock Exchange will “encourage” listed companies to reduce the minimum amount required to invest in their shares.

Structural Regulation

BSEC Revises Dividend Payout Rules for Listed Companies

By Nithya Subramanian | 25/04/2025

Companies can hold onto the funds until a day before the AGM, reducing the period during which the cash remains idle.

Sustainable Finance

China Issues Work Plan for Opening Up Services Industry

By Manesh Samtani | 24/04/2025

The plan includes several measures specific to the financial industry, including attracting overseas funds to invest in green projects

Liquidity Risk

MAS Considering Review of Liquidity Risk Framework for Asset Managers

By Nithya Subramanian | 24/04/2025

MAS will study the need to review the current liquidity risk management framework and engage with the industry when ready.

Structural Regulation

GLEIF Announces New Partnership to Boost Visibility of Chinese Firms

By Mark Johnston | 24/04/2025

The initiative involves mapping the LEI to data from the Chinese business information platform known as Qichacha.

Structural Regulation

CSRC Issues Revised Regulations for its Dispatched Agencies

By Editors | 24/04/2025

The revised regulations place stronger emphasis on network and information security, and give CSRC’s dispatched agencies greater authority in their jurisdictions.

Tokenisation

BIS Publishes Findings from Project to Tokenise MDB Promissory Notes

By Manesh Samtani | 24/04/2025

Project Promissa developed a DLT platform for tokenised promissory notes, enabling more efficient management of the notes throughout their lifecycle.

Payments & Settlements

FSB to ‘Intensify Engagement’ on Cross-border Payments

By Manesh Samtani | 24/04/2025

Klaas Knot’s final letter to the G20 ministers says progress to enhance cross-border payments hasn’t yet led to “material improvements” for end-users.

Structural Regulation

JSDA Finalises Rule Changes to Accommodate Unlisted Securities Services

By Thisanka Siripala | 24/04/2025

JSDA updated 15 sets of self-regulatory rules to address law changes that allow special brokerage services for unlisted securities.