Markets & Infrastructure

Clearing & Post-Trade

TAIFEX Outlines Plans to Further Develop Derivatives Market

By Editors | 12/01/2023

TAIFEX will introduce customisable options contracts, extend central clearing to TWD-denominated NDFs, and build an ESG information platform for the futures market.

Trading & Investment

SEBI Allows Non-Promoter Shareholders to Use OFS Mechanism

By Editors | 12/01/2023

SEBI is allowing non-promoter shareholders such as institutional investors to sell their shares for better pricing via the ‘offer for sale’ mechanism.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability

ACCC to Scrutinise Interest Rates Offered on Savings Accounts

By Editors | 12/01/2023

Treasurer Jim Chalmers fears savings rates do not fully reflect changes to the cash rate, which has recently risen for an eighth consecutive month to 3.1 percent.

Trading & Investment

ZCE Opens More Futures, Options to Foreign Investors

By Editors | 12/01/2023

Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange opens futures and options in rapeseed oil, rapeseed meal, and peanut kernel to foreign investors.

Trading & Investment

SEBI to Allow Futures Contracts on Corporate Bond Indices

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 12/01/2023

Stock exchanges will be allowed to launch futures contracts on indices of corporate debt securities rated AA+ and above.

Tokenisation

ESMA Recommends Use of DTI Codes for DLT Pilot Regime

By Manesh Samtani | 12/01/2023

The DTI Foundation, a division of Etrading Software, has so far issued ISO-standard DTI codes for over a thousand of the most commonly traded digital assets.

Trading & Investment

EU Considers Ban on Inducements for Selling Retail Investment Products

By Editors | 11/01/2023

A ban on banks paying inducements to distributors, brokers and investment advisors would fundamentally change banking business models.

Trading & Investment

SET, TFEX Make Rule Changes to Support New Trading System

By Editors | 11/01/2023

The new trading system, developed in partnership with Nasdaq, will boost order execution efficiency and increase capacity for large volume trading.

Trading & Investment

SEBI Allows Indian Fund Managers to Serve GIFT City FPIs

By Editors | 11/01/2023

FPIs will be allowed to invest in mutual fund schemes except those categorised as “thematic”, purportedly to prevent higher volatility for entire sectors.