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Payments & Settlements
China Executes First Triparty Repo Trades Using ESG Bonds
By Editors | 07/09/2022
CFETS, Clearstream and Chinese financial institutions cooperated to execute the first triparty repo trades involving ESG-eligible bonds.
Trading & Investment
Beijing Stock Exchange Turns One Year Old
By Editors | 06/09/2022
The BSE issued draft rules for margin trading and securities lending, launched its first treasury bond, and set out plans to introduce its first benchmark index.
Trading & Investment
CME Proposes Early Conversion of Eurodollar Futures, Options
By Editors | 06/09/2022
The proposed 13 April 2023 conversion date is intended to help firms complete their operational work as early as possible in the LIBOR-to-SOFR transition process.
Cloud & Infrastructure
KPMG Launches Embedded Finance Hub in Singapore
By Editors | 06/09/2022
KPMG said the Hub will work with MAS and the broader ecosystem to accelerate the adoption of embedded finance in Singapore.
Structural Regulation
FSC Korea Unveils New Rules to Address Unfair Split-Off IPOs
By Editors | 06/09/2022
Korean investors often lose out when companies decide to split off rapidly growing portions of their businesses into new IPOs.
Structural Regulation
Australia: Financial Adviser Associations Consider Merging
By Editors | 06/09/2022
The merger would create a single association that would speak for the financial advice profession in a “unified voice” and add clarity and power to the positions it takes.
CBDCs
Digital Dollar Project Launching Sandbox to Explore CBDC
By Editors | 06/09/2022
The programme is slated to begin in early October with a focus on cross-border payments. The initial participants will be Digital Asset, EMTECH, Knox Networks, and Ripple.
Structural Regulation
Liz Truss Implications for the UK Financial Sector
By Manesh Samtani | 06/09/2022
Planned tax cuts will benefit banks. The FCA, PRA and PSR may be merged. China may be declared a threat to national security.
Anti-Money Laundering
SFC Suspends Rifa Futures Exec Over ‘Xinguanjia’ Trading Software
By Editors | 06/09/2022
In July, Rifa Futures became the fourth firm to be fined over the use of Xinguanjia. The firm’s managing director has now been suspended for 8 months.
Structural Regulation
ASIC Extends Ban on Binary Options Until 2031
By Editors | 06/09/2022
Since it came into effect, the ban has been “fully effective” in preventing retail clients from losing money trading binary options in Australia, ASIC said.
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