Structural Regulation

Clearing & Post-Trade

Hong Kong Seeks Market Views on Paperless Securities Market

By Editors | 29/01/2019

Hong Kong is seeking industry feedback on plans to introduce new systems for a paperless securities market to enhance global competitiveness and increase market efficiency.

Structural Regulation

EU Benchmark Regulation – Not Just a European Problem

By Gregory Campbell | 29/01/2019

APAC benchmark administrators hoping to retain or grow their user base in the EU must take action now to gain approval before 2020, say PwC’s Gregory Campbell and Daniela Bunea.

Structural Regulation

China Appoints Veteran Banker to Head Securities Regulator

By Editors | 28/01/2019

In an unexpected reshuffle, ICBC chairman Yi Huiman has replaced Liu Shiyu as head of the China Securities Regulatory Commission.

Structural Regulation

HKEX Seeks Faster Time-to-Market for IPOs

By Editors | 28/01/2019

The exchange is considering shortening the time it takes to price new shares and to bring pricing closer to the market trading, to address concerns that stocks tend to fall sharply after listing.

Structural Regulation

China to Grant More Foreign Firms Majority Ownership in Securities

By Editors | 28/01/2019

“In the next six months you will see more licences being granted,” CSRC vice chairman Fang Xinghai told Bloomberg on the the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos.

Structural Regulation

ICE White Paper Introduces New LIBOR Alternative

By Editors | 28/01/2019

The ‘US Dollar ICE Bank Yield Index’ is fully transaction-based and designed to measure the yields at which investors are willing to invest US dollar funds on a wholesale, unsecured basis.

Structural Regulation

Korea Exchange Seeks Power to Cancel Error Stock Trades

By Editors | 25/01/2019

KRX is seeking new powers that will allow it to intervene to cancel stock trading orders made in error to better guarantee market stability and protect investors.

Structural Regulation

New Zealand FMA, NZX To Undertake Capital Markets Review

By Editors | 25/01/2019

An industry working group established by the NZX and FMA and supported by EY will provide recommendations to increase the depth and attractiveness of New Zealand’s capital markets.

Trading & Investment

China Approves Plan for New ‘Nasdaq-Style’ Tech Board in Shanghai

By Editors | 25/01/2019

Authorities have reportedly already approached potential IPO candidates for the SSE’s new science and technology board. Draft listing rules are expected as early as this month.