Trading & Investment

Trading & Investment

Bursa Malaysia Forms New Partnership to Boost IPOs of Indigenous Firms

By Nithya Subramanian | 17/02/2026

Bursa Malaysia will collaborate with TERAJU to prepare high-potential indigenous (Bumiputera) companies for stock market listings, offering advisory support, access to funding and capacity-building programmes.

Credit Risk

RBI Overhauls Capital Market Rules, Tightens Broker Lending

By Nithya Subramanian | 17/02/2026

New framework allows banks to fund M&A deals while imposing stricter collateral and exposure norms on lending to capital market intermediaries.

Trading & Investment

Korea Grants Preliminary Approvals to Fractional Investment Exchanges

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 17/02/2026

The FSC approved applications to operate OTC platforms for beneficiary certificates from the KDX consortium and the NXT Consortium.

Trading & Investment

SEBI Proposes Overhaul of ETF Pricing Bands and Base Price Rules

By Nithya Subramanian | 16/02/2026

SEBI seeks to narrow gaps between ETF prices and their underlying values by updating base price references, shifting to dynamic price bands and addressing volatility mismatches.

Trading & Investment

HKEX Renews Incentive Programmes for Key MSCI Equity Futures

By Editors | 16/02/2026

The exchange has detailed renewed Liquidity Provider and Active Trader programmes for its MSCI-linked derivatives for a two-year period starting April 2026.

Structural Regulation

HKEX Considers Expanding Channel for Confidential IPO Filings – Report

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 16/02/2026

HKEX may allow traditional sector firms to file listing applications privately in a bid to enhance its competitiveness as a global IPO hub.

Structural Regulation

SEBI Proposes to Ease Reporting Norms for Stockbrokers

By Nithya Subramanian | 16/02/2026

SEBI consultation proposes limiting bank and demat account reporting requirements, especially for primary dealers, to reduce compliance burden.

Alternative Markets

Singapore Launches Workgroup to Strengthen Growth Capital Ecosystem

By Nithya Subramanian | 16/02/2026

The high-level group will recommend strategies to deepen private capital markets and support companies from startup to IPO.

Structural Regulation

India’s IFSCA Approves New Draft Pension Fund Regulations

By Nithya Subramanian | 16/02/2026

India’s IFSCA has approved draft pension fund regulations to enable pension fund operations in GIFT City, targeting NRIs and foreign investors with a structured retirement savings framework.