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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
Taiwan Launches Two New Trading Boards for Startups
By Manesh Samtani | 23/07/2021
Only qualified investors can trade on the new boards, including individuals that meet a net worth or annual income requirement.
Trading & Investment
Experts Debate Treatment of Retail Investors in HNA Restructuring
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 22/07/2021
Debt claims exceeding CNY 30 billion were mainly filed by HNA employees and their relatives who purchased wealth management products from three HNA-backed P2P platforms.
Trading & Investment
ISDA Launches Microsite to Facilitate Understanding of IBOR Fallbacks
By Editors | 22/07/2021
The microsite provides information about adoption rates for the ISDA 2020 IBOR Fallbacks Protocol and graphs comparing LIBOR and fallback rates.
Trading & Investment
SET Seeks to Allow Derivative Warrants to Use Foreign Stocks
By Ranamita Chakraborty | 22/07/2021
The SET will ask the Thai SEC to amend regulations to allow derivative warrants to use foreign stocks as their underlying assets.
Structural Regulation
Australia Issues Consultation on Retirement Income Covenant
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 21/07/2021
Superannuation trustees will be required to have in place a retirement income strategy as outlined in a new position paper from 1 July 2022.
Data Privacy
China Sets Timelines for Fintechs to Complete Restructuring
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 21/07/2021
The affected fintechs have until end-2021 to restructure their financial services businesses, and until end-2022 to clean up their credit reporting businesses.
Structural Regulation
Australia Consults on Compensation Scheme of Last Resort
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 21/07/2021
The CSLR will establish an industry-funded compensation mechanism for individuals who have won decisions against insolvent financial firms.
Trading & Investment
China May Allow Foreign Firms to Invest Offshore Yuan via QFII
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 20/07/2021
Currently the QFII programme only allows foreign investors to use foreign currency, converted into onshore yuan, to invest in mainland markets.
Trading & Investment
The Role of Technology in Managing Fragmentation in Markets
By Jennifer Keser | 19/07/2021
Technology is increasingly serving as a counterbalance to mitigate the impacts of regulatory-driven market fragmentation in APAC, writes Tradeweb’s Jennifer Keser.
Structural Regulation
ACCC Wary of Potential NAB Bid for Citigroup Unit
By Editors | 18/07/2021
NAB is in talks about a possible acquisition of Citigroup’s Australian retail banking business. The ACCC says it is paying close attention.
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