Structural Regulation

Trading & Investment

HKEx Eyes China Fund Houses in Through Train

By Editors | 23/02/2015

Allowing mainland Chinese fund houses to invest in Hong Kong stocks under the Stock Connect scheme would boost turnover of the so-called through train programme, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing top executive said.

Trading & Investment

Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Shorting to Start in March

By Editors | 21/02/2015

Foreign investors will be allowed to short sell select mainland Chinese shares on the Hong Kong-Shanghai trading program from next week, in the latest regulatory move to further open up China’s stock market.

Trading & Investment

Strategic Alliance Facilitates Indian Securities Market

By Editors | 20/02/2015

New strategic alliance to facilitate knowledge exchange to enhance securities markets education between Europe and India.

Trading & Investment

Singapore Exchange to Eventually Allow One-Share Trading

By Editors | 19/02/2015

The Singapore Exchange (SGX) will eventually let investors trade one share at a time, said executive vice-president Chew Sutat, although such policy would depend on the readiness of the market.

Trading & Investment

India’s RBI Lifts Import Ban of Gold Coins, Medallions by Banks

By Editors | 18/02/2015

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has lifted the ban on imports of gold coins and medallions by banks and trading houses.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability

India’s SEBI Plans to Cap Fees Mutual Funds Pay Distributors

By Editors | 18/02/2015

Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) plans to cap the upfront commission that mutual funds pay distributors in an effort to step up consumer protection.

Structural Regulation

Indonesia to Issue Regulation on Definition of Foreign Banks

By Editors | 18/02/2015

Indonesia’s Financial Services Authority, or OJK, plans to release a regulation on the definition of foreign banks in the country, in a move that puts its policies in line with those of neighbouring nations Singapore and Malaysia.

Trading & Investment

Singapore Sets Out Plan to Boost Crowdfunding

By Editors | 17/02/2015

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has set out a proposal that will give companies easier access to alternative sources of funding through securities-based crowdfunding (SCF).

Structural Regulation

DTCC’s Legal Entity Identifier Service Gathers Momentum

By Editors | 16/02/2015

The Global Markets Entity Identifier utility of the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation, offered in collaboration with SWIFT, has issued over 165,000 legal entity identifiers (LEIs) to entities from over 140 jurisdictions, representing about 50% of all issued LEIs.