Markets & Infrastructure

    Cloud & Infrastructure

    Green Link Digital Bank Launches Operations in Singapore

    By Editors | 03/06/2022

    Green Link Digital Bank, owned by Greenland Group and Linklogis, will seek to address the needs of underserved MSMEs.

    Sustainable Finance

    LuxSE, India INX Announce New MOU, First Dual Listing

    By Editors | 02/06/2022

    The MOU promises to facilitate listings of Indian sustainable securities on LuxSE, which will help to enhance their visibility to international investors.

    Payments & Settlements

    ASIC Releases Updated ePayments Code

    By Manesh Samtani | 02/06/2022

    The revised Code extends the protections to cover NPP payments and toughens banks’ obligations to help customers recover funds sent to the wrong account.

    Conduct, Culture & Accountability

    CSRC to Strengthen Integrity of Securities Issuance Practices

    By Editors | 02/06/2022

    The guidelines aim to improve systems and mechanisms used by intermediaries to prevent dishonest practices and corruption in securities issuance activities.

    Trading & Investment

    HKEX to Revise Position Limits for Single Stock Options, Futures

    By Editors | 02/06/2022

    HKEX also proposes to remove the additional position limits that apply to mini-HSI and mini-HSCEI futures and options contracts.

    Market Abuse

    Korea FSS to Form Taskforce Targeting Illegal Short Selling

    By Editors | 02/06/2022

    The task force will first conduct fact-finding inspections and investigate areas with a high probability of short selling violations.

    Trading & Investment

    Bangladesh Moves Towards Market Based Exchange Rates

    By Editors | 02/06/2022

    A policy requiring banks to quote uniform rates has been abandoned. Banks can base their FX rates on supply and demand.

    Tokenisation

    UnionBank Issues Philippines’ First DLT-based Digital Bond

    By Editors | 02/06/2022

    The issuance follows a POC project to optimise bond issuance workflows between STACS and PDTC, the Philippines’ national CSD for debt and equities.

    Tokenisation

    SGX CDP Enables Access to DLT Bond Issuance Platform

    By Editors | 02/06/2022

    CDP has made available to market participants a blockchain-enabled bond issuance platform developed by Marketnode, a joint venture between SGX and Temasek.

    Cloud & Infrastructure

    Singapore Launches New Utility to Tackle Supply Chain, Trade Issues

    By Manesh Samtani | 02/06/2022

    Over 70 participants have signed on to use SGTraDex – including DBS, OCBC, Standard Chartered, UOB, Trafigura, ExxonMobil and Chevron.

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