Trading & Investment

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

Cryptocurrency

Hong Kong Lists Asia’s First Inverse Bitcoin ETF

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 23/07/2024

The new ETF was issued by CSOP Asset Management, which was also first to launch Asia’s first crypto futures ETFs in December 2022.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability

Korea FSS Punishes Brokerage Firm for Mis-selling PE Funds

By Editors | 22/07/2024

Shinyoung Securities failed to properly explain the investment risks to customers when selling Lime and Discovery private equity funds.

Structural Regulation

HKEX to Allow Secondary Listings from UAE Stock Exchanges

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 22/07/2024

Companies with primary listings at Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange and Dubai Financial Market can apply for a secondary listing in Hong Kong.

Trading & Investment

SEBI to Consult on Tighter Derivative Trading Rules Soon

By Ajoy K Das | 20/07/2024

SEBI is expected to adopt a two-stage approach for imposing tighter restrictions on derivatives trading.

Trading & Investment

FIA Issues Best Practices on Managing Automated Trading Risks

By Editors | 19/07/2024

New paper outlines practices on pre-trade risk management, exchange volatility control mechanisms, post-trade analysis and testing, among other areas.

Trading & Investment

TAIFEX to Launch Micro TAIEX Futures on 29 July

By Editors | 19/07/2024

Micro-TAIEX Futures are being launched because the Mini-TAIEX Futures have become too expensive to trade after Taiwan’s market surge.

Trading & Investment

NZX Consults on Regulatory Settings for Index Futures Relaunch

By Manesh Samtani | 19/07/2024

One of the changes is to reduce the unit of trading from NZD 25 to NZD 1 to enable greater participation from smaller investors.

Trading & Investment

SC Malaysia Tightens Rules for Financial Influencers

By Nithya Subramanian | 19/07/2024

Finfluencers who promote capital market products to their followers for commissions or rewards would require a licence.

Structural Regulation

UK FCA Finalises New Access Regime for Overseas Funds

By Editors | 19/07/2024

The UK will offer a streamlined process for non-UK domiciled funds to market to UK retail customers, based on an equivalence determination by the government.

Market Abuse

KRX Commences Work on Short Selling Monitoring System

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 19/07/2024

KRX plans to recruit contractors early next month to work on the new monitoring system, which will launch by the end of March next year.

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