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Conduct, Culture & Accountability
BNM Finalises Conduct Requirements for Financial Advisers
By Ranamita Chakraborty | 29/04/2022
Advisers will have to provide customers with suitable product options from at least three different providers for each class of insurance or takaful business being recommended.
Structural Regulation
ASX to Align Rulebooks for Investment Products
By Editors | 29/04/2022
Having three different rulebooks for investment products opens the door to inconsistent treatment, rule arbitrage, and confusion for issuers and investors.
Trading & Investment
CSRC, SSE Warn Underwriters Against Overpricing IPOs: Report
By Editors | 28/04/2022
The CSRC said underwriters need to improve their IPO pricing skills. The SSE is considering using IPO performance to assess underwriting quality.
Trading & Investment
HKEX to Add Contract Months for HSI, HSCEI Futures
By Editors | 28/04/2022
From 13 June, the additional contract months will provide more hedging flexibility for market participants, HKEX said.
Market Data & Technology
IOSCO Offers Guidance on Regulating Market Data
By Editors | 28/04/2022
A new report provides considerations for regulators when reviewing the regulation of market data provided by trading venues or OTC markets.
Liquidity Risk
Sri Lanka Expects to Secure IMF Loan Within Two Months
By Duruthu E Chandrasekera | 28/04/2022
Sri Lanka is trying to restructure its loans from Chinese banks, offering golden visas to foreigners, and relaxing rules on securities margin financing.
Structural Regulation
FSC Korea Approves Rule Changes to Promote KONEX Market
By Editors | 28/04/2022
The changes will allow retail investors to trade the KONEX market more freely and allow listed firms to more easily maintain their listing status.
CBDCs
Philippine Central Bank to Pilot Test Wholesale CBDC
By Editors | 28/04/2022
Project CBDCPh will test the use of a wholesale CBDC for large-value financial transactions across a limited number of financial institutions.
Trading & Investment
BlackRock Launches First Private Pension Product in China
By Darien Choong | 27/04/2022
The product was launched by a BlackRock-CCB joint venture, the first foreign-controlled institution that was approved to take part in private pension pilot trials.
Market Abuse
Taiwan: Foreign Brokers Cleared of Wrongdoing in Trading Probe
By Editors | 27/04/2022
A probe into foreign brokerage firms was launched last month after they sold shares in TSMC while also issuing “buy” recommendations in research reports.
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