Trading & Investment

Structural Regulation

HKEX Considers Lowering Board Lot Sizes to Boost Liquidity

By Mark Johnston | 17/03/2025

HKEX is reportedly considering mandating that brokers charge the same price for trading single shares as they do for board lots.

Trading & Investment

FSS Korea Probes Securities Firms’ Bond Underwriting Practices

By Mark Johnston | 14/03/2025

The FSS will examine cases where securities firms have leveraged the resources and influence of affiliated entities to facilitate bond issuance.

Trading & Investment

Thai Stock Exchange Lists New Batch of Depositary Receipts

By Nithya Subramanian | 14/03/2025

SET listed five new DRs referencing Chinese stocks, two linked to Vietnamese companies and one DRx referencing a US stock.

Trading & Investment

FSS Korea Urges Securities Firms to Support Innovative Companies

By Mark Johnston | 14/03/2025

FSS governor said securities firms must be more faithful to their role in driving innovative growth through the supply of venture capital.

Sustainable Finance

Thailand Unveils ESG Tax Incentives to Stimulate Stock Market

By Nithya Subramanian | 13/03/2025

The SET will meanwhile start consultations on a new long-term savings and investment scheme modelled after Japan’s NISA.

Emerging Prudential Risks

Geopolitics Seen as Biggest Driver of Derivatives Market Activity – FIA

By Thisanka Siripala | 13/03/2025

FIA President Walt Lukken said economics is taking a back seat to politics in terms of what will drive the derivatives markets.

Trading & Investment

IOSCO Proposes Recommendations to Address “Neo-broker” Risks

By Manesh Samtani | 13/03/2025

The recommendations aim to protect retail investors by enhancing the transparency, fairness, and integrity of neo-brokers’ operations.

Trading & Investment

SGX to Launch Brazilian Real Futures Contracts in Asia

By Nithya Subramanian | 13/03/2025

The move will enable global investors in Asia to manage risks with the Brazilian Real during their local time zone.

Trading & Investment

SEBI Reduces Timelines for Completing Rights Issue

By Nithya Subramanian | 13/03/2025

New framework, effective 7 April, reduces the timeline for completing a rights issue from 126 days to just 23 days.