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Coverage of regulatory developments, market trends, and operational standards across asset classes, financial products, and trading venues.

Trading & Investment
Indonesia Appoints Prominent Advisers to New Wealth Fund
By Mark Johnston | 26/03/2025
The advisers include Ray Dalio, Jeffrey Sachs, and Thaksin Shinawatra. Two former Indonesian presidents were appointed as directors.

Structural Regulation
SEBI Plans to Clarify Rules for ESOPs and Promoter Shares
By Mark Johnston | 26/03/2025
SEBI proposes amendments to provide clarity and ensure equitable treatment for shares regardless of their acquisition method.

Clearing & Post-Trade
NSE Enables Electronic Process for Trading in its Unlisted Shares
By Mark Johnston | 25/03/2025
Transactions in NSE’s off-market shares can now be completed in days instead of months under the old process.

Trading & Investment
Colombo Stock Exchange Partners with India’s NCDEX for Derivatives Trading
By Nithya Subramanian | 25/03/2025
The two will jointly bid for setting up a derivative exchange at the Colombo Port City, and also develop new products in Sri Lanka.

Trading & Investment
South Korea to Fully Reinstate Short-Selling Next Monday
By Thisanka Siripala | 25/03/2025
The FSC has implemented all the reforms needed to resume short selling across all listed stocks while also preventing unfair trading.

Structural Regulation
EU Adopts Amended BMR, Easing Access to Foreign Benchmarks
By Manesh Samtani | 25/03/2025
The amended BMR will ensure benchmarks published in Asia and other third countries can continue to be used in the EU to hedge interest rate and FX risks.

Trading & Investment
Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Relaunches Single Stock Futures
By Nithya Subramanian | 25/03/2025
Single stock futures contracts now have a lower contract size, lower margin requirement and higher position limits.

Structural Regulation
HKMA Relaxes Wealth Connect Limit for Overseas Incorporated Banks
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 25/03/2025
HKMA has raised the customer limit for non-locally incorporated AIs providing southbound WMC services to non-private banking Mainland customers.

Trading & Investment
HKEX List Asia’s First Single Stock Leveraged & Inverse Products
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 24/03/2025
The new products provide leveraged and inverse exposure to US-listed Berkshire, Coinbase, MicroStrategy, NVIDIA, and Tesla.

Structural Regulation
CFTC Relaxes Reporting Rules for Japanese Swap Dealers
By Mark Johnston | 24/03/2025
The CFTC issued a staff interpretation in response to industry concerns raised by SIFMA on behalf of Japanese nonbank swap dealers.
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