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Markets & Infrastructure
Structural Regulation
Australia Mulls Ways to Improve Super Fund Performance Test
By Editors | 11/03/2024
There is evidence that the current performance test is discouraging investment in some sectors like energy transition and affordable housing.
Tokenisation
CFTC Publishes First-Ever US Taxonomy for Digital Assets
By Editors | 11/03/2024
The digital asset taxonomy is one of three recommendations advanced by the CFTC’s Global Markets Advisory Committee.
Clearing & Post-Trade
US Fed Updates OpRisk Rules for Major Clearing Organisations
By Editors | 10/03/2024
Designated clearing and settlement utilities are required to establish an incident management framework and advance their cyber resilience capabilities.
Trading & Investment
Vietnam: HoSE Commences Trial Run of New Trading System
By Editors | 10/03/2024
Deployment was initially planned for 2015, but the project has faced delays and setbacks, including the pandemic, extending the rollout to nearly ten years.
Trading & Investment
Thai Exchanges Adjust Market Hours to Align With Regional Counterparts
By Editors | 10/03/2024
The SET, mai, and TFEX will open their afternoon trading sessions 30 minutes earlier to better align with regional markets.
Emerging Prudential Risks
Malaysian State Firms Asked to Support Local Currency
By Editors | 09/03/2024
The government and central bank are encouraging GLCs and GLICs to repatriate and convert foreign investment income to ringgit.
Structural Regulation
EMMI Finalises Methodology Changes for Euribor Calculation
By Manesh Samtani | 09/03/2024
The new calculation methodology will end the use of ‘expert judgement’ to determine the Euribor rate. Panel banks will start migrating around mid-May 2024.
Emerging Prudential Risks
FSS Korea Outlines Supervision and Inspection Workplan for 2024
By Editors | 09/03/2024
Supervision and inspections will assess the ability of financial firms to prevent real estate-related risks from spreading to the financial system, among other areas.
Emerging Prudential Risks
EMEs Can Improve Shock Resilience With Better Hedging Markets
By Manesh Samtani | 09/03/2024
The BIS finds that emerging markets with a more diverse investor base and better-developed hedging markets tend to have more resilient government bond markets.
Conduct, Culture & Accountability
Hong Kong to Pass New National Security Law in April
By Editors | 09/03/2024
The law includes sentences of up to life imprisonment for treason, insurrection and sabotage, and 10 years for crimes linked to state secrets.
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