Structural Regulation

    Reporting on regulatory frameworks and rules governing market design, authorisation, and oversight of key financial market participants and infrastructures.

    Trading & Investment

    ASIC Updates Guidance on Active ETF Internal Market Making

    By Editors | 16/04/2020

    Active ETFs are asked to rely on publicly available information for market making quotes, and to establish internal information barriers.

    Trading & Investment

    ISDA to Add Pre-cessation Trigger to LIBOR Fallback Provisions

    By Editors | 16/04/2020

    A significant majority of respondents favour including both pre-cessation and permanent cessation fallbacks as standard language in the amended 2006 ISDA Definitions for LIBOR.

    Trading & Investment

    Malaysia, Shenzhen Bourses Enter MoU on Cross-border Collaboration

    By Editors | 15/04/2020

    The MoU will facilitate the display and joint promotion of Bursa Malaysia and SZSE benchmark indices in each other’s markets.

    Structural Regulation

    CBIRC Simplifies Administrative Licensing for Trust Companies

    By Editors | 15/04/2020

    The licensing rules reflect the cancellation of a $1bn asset threshold previously required of foreign financial institutions that invest in domestic trust companies.

    Cloud & Infrastructure

    Cambodia: Securities Regulator to Undergo Digital Transformation

    By Editors | 15/04/2020

    The Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia will develop a digital reporting system and adopt technology requirements in its regulatory framework.

    Structural Regulation

    Thailand: SET Gets Powers to Respond to Market Disruptions

    By Editors | 15/04/2020

    In a market disruption event, the SET board now has the power to prohibit short selling and algorithmic trading on the spot, among other measures.

    Structural Regulation

    China’s Top Two Brokerage Firms Explore Merger – Report

    By Editors | 14/04/2020

    A merger between Citic Securities and CSC Financial would create a $67bn investment bank, surpassing the market cao of most other foreign competitors.

    Stablecoins

    FSB Offers Recommendations on Regulating Global Stablecoins

    By Editors | 14/04/2020

    The consultative report proposes 10 high-level recommendations for jurisdictional authorities to advance consistent and effective regulation and supervision of global stablecoin arrangements.

    Trading & Investment

    China Opens Treasury Bond Futures Market to ICBC, BOC, BoCom

    By Editors | 13/04/2020

    Participation by the three banks in the treasury bond futures market will improve liquidity, enhance price discovery, and create a more meaningful yield curve.

    Trading & Investment

    Short Selling May Help Mitigate the Effects of Covid-19 Crisis

    By Editors | 13/04/2020

    ISLA’s Council for Sustainable Finance says short selling can be a “positive mechanism”, and banning it can harm price discovery and liquidity.

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