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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
Top CSRC Official Calls on Derivatives Industry to Develop OTC Options
By Samuel Riding | 04/10/2017
Vice chair Fang Xinghai says stock index futures market has been ‘substantially restored’ since outright ban in September 2015.
Market Data & Technology
CPMI, IOSCO Call for Uniformity in UPI Creation, Reporting
By Editors | 02/10/2017
Report proposes that each UPI maps to reference data which indirectly describes an OTCD product without identifying transaction details.
Structural Regulation
Singapore Boosts Banks in Battle vs Fintech Firms
By Samuel Riding | 02/10/2017
Banks allowed to provide broader range of services including online sale of consumer goods; MAS cites ‘increasing competition from non-bank players’.
Trading & Investment
Equivalence not Regulatory Harmonisation the Answer for Asian FX
By Editors | 28/09/2017
GFMA, KPMG report suggests the number of liquidity providers will decline; market participants can’t expect harmonised regulatory environment.
Alternative Markets
Hong Kong Considering Tax Breaks for PE Managers
By Editors | 28/09/2017
Government and trade bodies view PE as means of increasing support for Hong Kong Start-ups, keeping pace with Singapore and the UK.
Structural Regulation
State Media Details China’s Plans to Open up Capital Markets
By Editors | 28/09/2017
Global Times says domestic officials are increasingly frustrated by the slow pace of opening up and reform of capital markets.
Structural Regulation
Volte Facebook – Asian Regulators Should Beware Multi-class Shares
By Peter Guy | 25/09/2017
Asian exchanges and regulators need to learn the latest lesson about how multiple share structures can be abused, and stopped.
Structural Regulation
HK Regulator Seals 1st Conviction of Unlicensed Offshore Brokerage
By Editors | 25/09/2017
ETrade HK advertised its services for four years without a license; SFC says successful prosecution a 1st for the offence.
Structural Regulation
Dual Share Victory Doesn’t Guarantee HKEX the Last Laugh
By Peter Guy | 19/09/2017
The power struggle between HKEX and the SFC is over. The ultimate outcome is still uncertain.
Trading & Investment
India to Boost Securities Lending to Support Derivatives Market Development
By Editors | 18/09/2017
SEBI consults on lending and borrowing in cash derivatives segment, asks whether physical settlement should be made compulsory.
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