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Reporting on regulatory frameworks and rules governing market design, authorisation, and oversight of key financial market participants and infrastructures.

Trading & Investment
Bursa Malaysia Launches New Scheme to Attract Retail Investors
By Nithya Subramanian | 23/05/2025
The Shares2U initiative allows brokers to reward investors with shares if they complete specific actions like opening a CDS account.

Trading & Investment
KRX Bolsters ‘Value-Up’ Support for KOSDAQ Firms
By Mark Johnston | 23/05/2025
KRX will publish a best-practice guide and expand its consulting initiative to help more KOSDAQ firms enhance shareholder value.

Reporting & Disclosures
ASIC Tightens Audit and Sustainability Scrutiny for FY2025–26
By Thisanka Siripala | 23/05/2025
ASIC shifts to randomised audit file selection while enforcing first-time mandatory climate disclosure compliance.

Structural Regulation
US State Officials Call on SEC to Probe Listed Chinese Firms
By Thisanka Siripala | 23/05/2025
The state officials expressed concern over “opaque” reporting, security risks, and auditing as grounds for SEC action.

Structural Regulation
Australia’s NSX to Be Acquired by Canadian Exchange
By Thisanka Siripala | 23/05/2025
NSXA will retain local leadership while gaining capital and technological backing from the Canadian Securities Exchange.

Trading & Investment
LME Approves More HK Warehouses as City Seeks Commodity Trading Boost
By Manesh Samtani | 22/05/2025
LME approves three new warehouses in Hong Kong as city aims to become a key commodity hub with tax incentives.

Cryptocurrency
ASIC Seeks High Court Ruling on Crypto ‘Financial Products’
By Editors | 22/05/2025
ASIC challenges Block Earner ruling, seeking High Court clarity on the regulatory scope of crypto “financial products.”

Structural Regulation
BSP Delays Rollout of FX Reporting System to Mid 2026
By Nithya Subramanian | 22/05/2025
Full implementation of the new ITRS has been deferred to allow time to “address emerging technical and report-related concerns”

Trading & Investment
China Introduces Private Equity Incentives in M&A Reform
By Mark Johnston | 22/05/2025
CSRC unveils a major overhaul of its rules on mergers and acquisitions, aiming to boost private equity participation and streamline capital flows.

Structural Regulation
Taiwan President Seeks Establishment of Sovereign Wealth Fund
By Mark Johnston | 22/05/2025
President Lai Ching-te said the fund would involve cooperation with private enterprises to strengthen Taiwan’s international connections.
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