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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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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