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Structural Regulation
Financial Firms Offered Incentives to Set Up Shop in Shenzhen
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 19/04/2022
Newly registered financial enterprises that choose to be headquartered in Shenzhen will be offered a one-off incentive worth up to CNY 50 million.
Structural Regulation
Japan to Remove Quarterly Reporting Requirements
By Editors | 19/04/2022
Legislation will be introduced in 2023 to remove a requirement for listed companies to provide the government with audited quarterly financial statements.
Structural Regulation
China to Unify Domestic Markets to Prevent Unfair Competition
By Editors | 19/04/2022
China will cultivate a unified national ecological and environment market and create unified carbon emissions and water rights trading markets.
Trading & Investment
Bangladesh CSE, India MCX Partner to Establish Commodity Exchange
By Mark Johnston | 19/04/2022
The new commodity exchange in Bangladesh will introduce standardised commodity contracts and help address concerns over manipulation in domestic commodity trades.
PEPs & Sanctions
CNOOC to Exit Western Markets Over Sanctions Risk, Red Tape
By Editors | 18/04/2022
“We cannot predict if the company or its affiliates and partners will be affected by US sanctions in future,” CNOOC said after reviewing its global portfolio ahead of a Shanghai IPO.
Trading & Investment
US SEC Proposes Registration Requirement for Security-Based SEFs
By Mark Johnston | 16/04/2022
The rules will improve transparency over total return swaps, the instruments partly responsible for last year’s blowup at Archegos Capital Management.
Trading & Investment
BSEC Tightens Circuit Breaker Limit for Dhaka SME Board
By Editors | 15/04/2022
The SME board commenced trading last October and has seen volume spikes as a result of a waiver from a requirement for traders to register.
Payments & Settlements
RBI to Simplify E-Commerce Payment Settlement Process
By Editors | 15/04/2022
Foreign entities seeking to operate as payment gateways and aggregators for e-commerce-related export and import transactions would have to be authorised in India.
Cloud & Infrastructure
Australia, Singapore to Deepen Collaboration via ‘FinTech Bridge’
By Editors | 13/04/2022
The bilateral FinTech Bridge will enable stronger cooperation and collaboration on policy and regulation to better support the cross-border growth of the fintech industry.
Structural Regulation
SEBI Seeks to Loosen Restrictions on Mutual Fund Sponsors
By Editors | 13/04/2022
A new working group will recommend new eligibility criteria that could allow private equity funds and other pooled investment vehicles entities to sponsor mutual funds.
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