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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
FSC Korea to Rein in Excessive Investment in Risky ETFs, ETNs
By Editors | 19/05/2020
The FSC will impose a new minimum deposit requirement on retail investors investing in ETFs and ETNs, and require them undergo mandatory investor education, among other measures.
Structural Regulation
India to Allow Private Companies to List on Foreign Exchanges
By Editors | 19/05/2020
Private companies will be able to list in ‘permissible jurisdictions’ – likely to include the US, China, Japan, South Korea, the UK, Hong Kong, France, Germany, Canada and Switzerland.
Trading & Investment
European Regulators Lift Covid-19 Short Selling Bans
By Editors | 19/05/2020
In consultation with ESMA, Austria, Belgium, France, Greece, Spain and Italy have decided to lift short-selling bans that have been in place since mid-March.
Trading & Investment
China Urges Domestic Firms to List in London – Report
By Editors | 19/05/2020
The push for a resumption of listings under the Shanghai-London Stock Connect is in part aimed at improving China’s ties with the outside world.
Trading & Investment
Taiwan, Malaysia to Cooperate on Derivatives Market Development
By Editors | 18/05/2020
The two exchanges will share information and best practices relating to product development, market operations, and other areas of common interest.
Structural Regulation
RBNZ Registers ICBC to Provide Banking Services in New Zealand
By Editors | 18/05/2020
The RBNZ expects ICBC to conduct business in New Zealand through both a new branch and a subsidiary it has had registered since November 2013.
Trading & Investment
HKEX Moves to Enhance Liquidity of Exchange Traded Products
By Editors | 18/05/2020
A new spread table will reduce tick sizes and spreads for ETPs, while new market making obligations create a more competitive liquidity providing environment.
Structural Regulation
SFC to Get Another Three Year Term from CEO Ashley Alder
By Editors | 18/05/2020
Alder was expected to step down in September, but has decided to stay on to ensure regulatory clarity through the current period of “exceptional stress”.
Structural Regulation
FMA Approves Over Half of NZ Advisers Under New Regime
By Editors | 18/05/2020
The new financial advice regime is not expected to start until after March 2021, but the FMA has already approved transitional licence applications accounting for more than half of NZ’s financial advisers.
Structural Regulation
FSC Korea Targets ASEAN Expansion in Financial Hub Plan
By Editors | 18/05/2020
A new three-year plan to establish Korea as a financial hub involves regulatory reforms to promote innovation, enhance domestic infrastructure, and build its ASEAN presence.
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