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    Structural Regulation

    FSC Korea to Amend Stock Market Listing and Delisting Rules

    By Manesh Samtani | 28/01/2025

    The reforms are aimed at improving the quality of listed companies, and ensuring underperforming companies are removed more quickly.

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    Structural Regulation

    Bursa Malaysia Appoints RHB Banker as New Chief Executive

    By Nithya Subramanian | 28/01/2025

    Dato’ Fad’l Mohamed will take over as CEO on 1 March 2025, bringing over 30 years of capital markets experience.

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    Trading & Investment

    SFC Expands Listed Structured Fund Offerings in Hong Kong

    By Manesh Samtani | 24/01/2025

    The SFC will allow product issuers to offer single-stock leveraged and inverse products and defined outcome-listed structured funds

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    Structural Regulation

    Morgan Stanley Futures Unit Commences Operations in China

    By Mark Johnston | 24/01/2025

    Morgan Stanley is the 2nd major US firm after JPMorgan to have a derivatives unit in China, which scrapped foreign ownership caps for futures companies in 2020.

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    Trading & Investment

    FSS Korea Designates LuxSE as ‘Major Overseas Market’

    By Mark Johnston | 24/01/2025

    Korean companies meeting certain conditions don’t have to submit a domestic securities registration statement to issue foreign currency bonds on LuxSE

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    Trading & Investment

    CSRC Proposes New Algorithmic Trading Rules for Futures Market

    By Mark Johnston | 23/01/2025

    The CSRC has unveiled draft regulations aimed at tightening control over algorithmic trading in the futures market.

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    Trading & Investment

    China Unveils Plans to Increase ‘Long-term Funds’ in Stock Market

    By Manesh Samtani | 23/01/2025

    The plan includes measures to encourage insurers, pension funds, and other medium- to long-term capital funds to increase their stock market investments

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    Structural Regulation

    Taiwan’s FSC Approves Plans for Two Banks to Expand in India

    By Nithya Subramanian | 23/01/2025

    If approved by India, CTBC Bank will become the first Taiwanese bank to have a presence in GIFT City. E.SUN Commercial Bank plans to set up a Mumbai branch.

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    Structural Regulation

    Citadel Securities Lodges Licence Application with CSRC

    By Mark Johnston | 22/01/2025

    Citadel Securities has applied for a securities licence in China, after being unable to find a viable acquisition target last year

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    Trading & Investment

    Korea FSS Finalises Guidelines on Preventing Naked Short Selling

    By Manesh Samtani | 22/01/2025

    The guidelines clarify the obligations of securities companies to verify that clients have measures in place to prevent naked short selling

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