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

Cryptocurrency
ASIC Sues Crypto Exchange for Margin Trading Product
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 21/09/2023
ASIC says Bit Trade did not comply with its design and distribution obligations when offering a margin trading product to Australian customers.

Trading & Investment
Tokyo Bourse Announces Decision to Extends Trading Hours
By Editors | 21/09/2023
The TSE will extend the closing time from 3pm to 3.30pm, coinciding with the launch of Arrowhead 4.0 on 5 November 2024.

Trading & Investment
SGX RegCo Proposes Changes to Derivatives Trading Rules
By Manesh Samtani | 21/09/2023
The amendments update the requirements pertaining to customer margining and introduce rules to govern the use of algorithmic trading.

Structural Regulation
US SEC Adopts Amendments to Fund Naming Rules
By Editors | 21/09/2023
The new rules will help ensure that a fund’s portfolio aligns with a fund’s name and help to better protect investors, said SEC chair Gary Gensler.

Structural Regulation
INTERVIEW: Hong Kong’s Codes On Takeovers, Mergers Ripe for Amendment
By Jill Wong | 20/09/2023
Roger Cheng, who used to head the takeovers team at Hong Kong’s SFC, talks to Regulation Asia about the proposed changes to the SFC’s codes on takeovers and mergers and share buy-backs.

Trading & Investment
WFE Calls on Policymakers to Better Promote Equity Markets
By Manesh Samtani | 19/09/2023
From a policy perspective, it is important not to approach market-based finance in the same way as banking, the WFE says.

Trading & Investment
Beijing Authorities Announce Measures to Support Tech Unicorns
By Editors | 17/09/2023
The measures emphasise a focus on facilitating public listings by tech unicorns in both domestic and overseas stock markets.

Trading & Investment
PBOC Asks Banks to Delay Squaring FX Positions
By Editors | 15/09/2023
Some brokerage companies were told to scale back their proprietary FX trading, to alleviate downside pressure on the yuan.

Trading & Investment
IOSCO Propose Good Practices for Leveraged Loan, CLO Markets
By Editors | 15/09/2023
IOSCO says a “prolonged borrower-friendly environment” has given rise to vulnerabilities in leveraged loan and CLO markets.

Structural Regulation
SGX Revamps Organisational Structure to Boost Growth
By Mark Johnston | 15/09/2023
SGX has announced a new organisational structure and senior management appointments to enhance its multi-asset capabilities and growth prospects.
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