Markets & Infrastructure

Trading & Investment

First Commodity Exchange Licence Granted in Bangladesh

By Ajoy K Das | 21/03/2024

Chittagong Stock Exchange will establish Bangladesh’s first commodity exchange, initially offering cash-settled gold, cotton and crude oil derivatives contracts.

Structural Regulation

Thailand Opens Applications for Virtual Bank Licences

By Editors | 21/03/2024

True Corp, Gulf Energy Development and Siam Commercial Bank’s holding company are among those planning to apply for a licence.

Trading & Investment

SGX Announces New Listing Under Shanghai ETF Link

By Ranamita Chakraborty | 21/03/2024

The listing strengthens the collaboration between SGX and SSE, expanding their ETF product link to three offerings in total.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability

HSBC Wins Taiwan Approval to Serve High-net-worth Clients

By Editors | 21/03/2024

HSBC is the first foreign bank subsidiary in Taiwan to receive the approval to offer wealth management services to high-net-worth clients.

Tokenisation

Hong Kong: Prototype Created to Issue Electronic Bills of Lading

By Manesh Samtani | 21/03/2024

The eBL prototype, developed by GSBN and Ant Group,  is being used in the HKMA’s wholesale CBDC sandbox project.

Trading & Investment

SEBI to Require ‘Audio-Visual’ Disclosures With IPO Offer Documents

By Ajoy K Das | 21/03/2024

Audio-visual representations of disclosures made in IPO offer documents will help investors better understand the features of the offer, SEBI said.

Market Abuse

S. Korea Sees First Securities Class Action Related to an IPO

By Editors | 20/03/2024

The class action is against semiconductor company FADU and its underwriters, NH Investment & Securities and Korea Investment & Securities.

Structural Regulation

Taiwan to Lower Shareholding Disclosure Threshold on 10 May

By Editors | 20/03/2024

The threshold that triggers requirements to disclose substantial shareholdings will be lowered from 10% to 5%. Reporting will also shift from paper-based to electronic.

CBDCs

ECB Establishes Seven New Digital Euro Rulebook Workstreams

By Editors | 20/03/2024

The workstreams are aimed at developing rulebook proposals covering UX standards, a certification and approval framework, risk management, and implementation specifications.