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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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