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

Trading & Investment
SEBI Allows Brokers to Offer Algo Trading to Retail Investors
By Nithya Subramanian | 07/02/2025
Brokers must obtain stock exchange approval for each algorithm, and any subsequent modification, to offer it to retail investors.

Structural Regulation
India to Introduce New Tax Incentives to Boost GIFT City
By Nithya Subramanian | 06/02/2025
The government aims to make it easier for offshore funds including ETFs to establish operations in GIFT City.

Structural Regulation
Indonesia Approves Establishment of State Investment Agency
By Nithya Subramanian | 06/02/2025
The new agency will manage government holdings in key enterprises and help the government achieve its economic growth target.

Trading & Investment
BSE Launches Sensex Derivative Contracts at GIFT City
By Nithya Subramanian | 06/02/2025
BSE has launched USD-denominated Sensex derivatives at India INX, providing global investors a 22-hour trading window

Cryptocurrency
US President Orders Creation of Sovereign Wealth Fund
By Thisanka Siripala | 06/02/2025
Analysts have speculated that the fund could be used to buy and hold digital assets, or to acquire a stake in Chinese-owned TikTok

Trading & Investment
CFTC Grants No-Action Relief to KRX for KOSPI 200 Futures
By Manesh Samtani | 06/02/2025
Relief is provided until KOSPI 200 is certified as broad-based. The index has shifted between the narrow-based and broad-based classifications several times.

Trading & Investment
Malaysia: BR Capital to Expand Market Access for KOPETRO Members
By Nithya Subramanian | 06/02/2025
KOPETRO’s 15,000 members, who are all employees and retirees of PETRONAS and its subsidiaries, will gain greater access to fixed income investments through BR Capital

Structural Regulation
Korea to Formalise Regulations for Fractional Investment Platforms
By Manesh Samtani | 05/02/2025
Additional regulatory revisions will add ETFs and ETNs to the list of tradable instruments on ATS, and implement improvements to the IPO underwriting process

Trading & Investment
Tokyo Metropolitan Government Joins TSE Asia Startup Hub
By Thisanka Siripala | 04/02/2025
The TSE said it will work with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and other partners to provide fundraising and IPO support to companies.

Trading & Investment
SET Launches New Depositary Receipts based on HK-Listed ETFs
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 04/02/2025
The SET has more than 50 DR products listed on its market, including six new DRs based on ETFs listed in Hong Kong.
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