Trading & Investment

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    Trading & Investment

    HKEX Launches Options on Hang Seng TECH Index Futures

    By Editors | 29/11/2022

    The new contract and other enhancements to Hang Seng TECH Index derivatives suite will provide global investors more choice and flexibility, said HKEX’s Wilfred Yiu.

    Structural Regulation

    CSRC Grants Mutual Fund Licence to Neuberger Berman

    By Editors | 28/11/2022

    Neuberger Berman was granted approval to set up a wholly-owned mutual fund business in China in September 2021, but has since been waiting for an operating licence.

    Structural Regulation

    China Establishes Five New Reform Zones for Tech Innovation

    By Editors | 26/11/2022

    Directive calls on banks, insurers and PE firms to provide services and investment to innovative companies in Shanghai, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Hefei and Jiaxing.

    Structural Regulation

    SEBI Restricts Activities of AIFs Using Priority Distribution Models

    By Editors | 26/11/2022

    Effective immediately, AIF schemes with priority distribution models are barred from accepting fresh investments and investing in new companies.

    Structural Regulation

    FSC Korea Outlines Reforms to Provide Boost to Insurance Sector

    By Editors | 26/11/2022

    The reforms will promote digital marketing and sales channels, product innovation, and ease insurance asset management rules to enable more efficient portfolio management.

    Sustainable Finance

    ISDA Identifies Opportunities to Standardise SLD Terms

    By Editors | 26/11/2022

    ISDA describes sustainability-linked derivatives as typical derivatives transactions with an ESG add-on that affects payment flows.

    Trading & Investment

    Canada Study Shines Spotlight on How Gamification Influences Investors

    By Mark Johnston | 25/11/2022

    In the study, participants who were rewarded with points for buying and selling stocks made 39% more trades, even though the points had “negligible value.”

    Trading & Investment

    SEBI Proposes Changes to Stock Buyback Process

    By Editors | 25/11/2022

    SEBI proposes to phase out the open market route as a buyback mechanism and to increase the limit for buybacks via the tender offer route.

    Trading & Investment

    Taiwan to Allow Foreign Investors to Pledge Local Shares for Loans

    By Editors | 25/11/2022

    Foreign institutional investors will be able to borrow funds from domestic financial institutions using local equities as collateral.

    Trading & Investment

    Swap Connect Launch Facing Likely Delay – Report

    By Editors | 25/11/2022

    Opening China’s USD 5 trillion swap market to foreign investors will enable them to better manage interest rate risks arising from Chinese bond investments.

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