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Structural Regulation
IBA Consults on Intention to Stop Publishing LIBOR
By Editors | 06/12/2020
IBA intends to continue publishing the overnight and 1, 3, 6 and 12 month USD LIBOR settings until 30 June 2023. All other LIBOR settings would cease by 31 December 2021.
Trading & Investment
Singapore Exchange Lists First China Onshore RMB Bonds
By Editors | 06/12/2020
The listing strengthens financial markets connectivity between China and Singapore, and helps to internationalise China’s markets, China Development Bank said.
Structural Regulation
MAS Awards Licences to Four Digital Bank Applicants
By Manesh Samtani | 06/12/2020
The licences were awarded to the Grab-Singtel consortium, a Sea Limited subsidiary, an Ant Group entity, and a consortium formed by a Chinese property giant.
Trading & Investment
TWSE, TPEx to Launch New Trading Boards With Easier Listing Rules
By Editors | 03/12/2020
TWSE’s board will set a lower market cap requirement and no profitability requirement. TPEx’s board will allow companies to apply if they are recommended by two securities firms.
Clearing & Post-Trade
ASX to Enhance Framework on Client Money Obligations
By Editors | 03/12/2020
ASX will require daily reconciliation of individual client trust account balances, prescribe a standard format for trust reconciliations, and enhance reporting requirements.
Trading & Investment
Ho Chi Minh Bourse to Raise Minimum Board Lot Tenfold
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 03/12/2020
HoSE plans to allow two weeks for modifications to trading systems, one week for testing, and implementation in January 2021.
Trading & Investment
SAFE Keeps With Pledge to Grant Additional QDII Quotas
By Editors | 03/12/2020
SAFE pledged to grant additional quotas quarterly. Since September, $12.72bn worth of QDII quotas have been granted to 71 institutions.
Trading & Investment
OCBC Securities, Lion Global to Launch SGX’s First Tech-focused ETF
By Editors | 03/12/2020
The ETF will launch on SGX on 10 December, tracking the Hang Seng TECH Index, which comprises Hong Kong’s 30 largest listed technology companies.
Market Data & Technology
NZFMA Starts Publishing New OCR Compound Index
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 03/12/2020
The OCR compound index provides market participants with a standardised method of calculating term risk-free interest rates in arrears.
Structural Regulation
Bill to Block Chinese Listings on US Markets Passes Congress
By Editors | 03/12/2020
Once the President signs the bill into law, Chinese companies would be blocked from listing in the US if they don’t submit to PCAOB audits.
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