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

Clearing & Post-Trade
RBI, BOE Agree to Cooperate on CCIL Information Exchange
By Manesh Samtani | 03/12/2023
The BOE recognises the “primacy” of the RBI in supervising India-based CCPs and agrees to rely on home country regulation and supervision.

Trading & Investment
SGX Announces First Listings Under Shanghai ETF Link
By Manesh Samtani | 03/12/2023
ETF listed on SGX will give investors exposure to high dividend paying Shanghai stocks. ETF listed on SSE will track Indian and Southeast Asian tech companies.

Payments & Settlements
Bangladesh Allows Foreign Firms to Open FX Accounts Domestically
By Ajoy K Das | 03/12/2023
Foreign nationals, companies operating abroad, and foreign institutional investors can open and maintain FC accounts with offshore banking operations of local banks.

Structural Regulation
New Zealand FMA to Cooperate with FMSB on Market Standards
By Editors | 01/12/2023
Good industry standards can complement principle-based laws and drive robust operational practices among market intermediaries, the FMA said.

Structural Regulation
Bursa Malaysia Proposes Amendments to Listing Requirements
By Editors | 01/12/2023
The amendments will enhance transparency on fund-raising exercises and require disclosure of CEO remuneration on a named basis.

Structural Regulation
US PCAOB Fines Chinese Audit Firm and PwC Units
By Editors | 01/12/2023
PwC’s Hong Kong and China units were fined a combined $7mn for failing to prevent exam cheating by over 1,000 individuals between 2018 and 2020.

Payments & Settlements
HKEX Proposes to Keep Markets Open During Typhoons
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 01/12/2023
HKEX proposes operational model to allow markets to remain open during typhoons and rainstorms from July 2024.

Payments & Settlements
India’s IFSCA to Allocate IFSC Codes to IBUs at GIFT City
By Ajoy K Das | 01/12/2023
IFSC codes shall be used only for cross border remittances to IBUs in GIFT City, not in domestic payment systems.

Trading & Investment
Surge in Retail Investors Spurs Calls for Enhanced Derivatives Regulation
By Nithya Subramanian | 30/11/2023
Senior stock exchange officials emphasised the need for maintaining market order and product ecosystem diversity amid growing reliance on technology.

Structural Regulation
HKEX Issues Consolidated Guide for New Listing Applicants
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 30/11/2023
The guide will better equip listing applicants and their advisers to understand HKEX’s listing requirements, says head of listing Katherine Ng.
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