Structural Regulation

Alternative Markets

HKMA Surveys PE Firms Seeking to Help Manage HK Growth Portfolio

By Editors | 21/12/2020

Interested private equity firms, local and overseas, are invited to take part in the survey on or before 22 January 2021.

Structural Regulation

Hong Kong Bourse to Introduce Paperless IPO Regime in July

By Editors | 21/12/2020

From 5 July 2021, listing documents must be published solely in an electronic format, and new subscriptions must be made through online channels only.

Structural Regulation

FMA Clarifies Expectations on Use of Overseas Research in New Zealand

By Editors | 20/12/2020

Overseas firms without a New Zealand financial advice licence can supply research reports to licensed New Zealand firms, but not to retail clients.

Emerging Prudential Risks

BNM Launches New Financing Facility for ‘High Tech’ SMEs

By Editors | 20/12/2020

The facility will cater to SMEs in advanced manufacturing and services sectors as well as those participating in key government programmes.

Structural Regulation

SFC Consults on Amendments to Code on Pooled Retirement Funds

By Editors | 20/12/2020

Given the wide participation in Hong Kong by employers and employees in ORSO schemes which invest in PRFs, appropriate investor protection should apply.

Structural Regulation

PBOC Publishes Roadmap for Full LEI Adoption in China

By Manesh Samtani | 18/12/2020

By end 2022, LEIs will be used in securities and derivatives trading, risk monitoring, regulatory reporting, listed company supervision and the digital yuan ecosystem.

Trading & Investment

China Fund Managers Prepare to Launch Cross Market Bond ETFs

By Editors | 17/12/2020

Five fund managers have reportedly applied to launch bond index funds that can be traded on the Shanghai exchange, Shenzhen exchange, or the interbank market.

Structural Regulation

APRA, ASIC Offer Guidance on Super Fund Obligations

By Editors | 17/12/2020

Super funds can capitalise on potential synergies when building systems and processes for their Member Outcomes obligations and Product design and distribution obligations.

Trading & Investment

US Treasury Labels Vietnam, Switzerland as Currency Manipulators

By Editors | 17/12/2020

Taiwan, Thailand, and India have been added to Treasury’s monitoring list. Singapore intervened in the foreign exchange market in a “sustained, asymmetric manner”.