Trading & Investment

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    Trading & Investment

    PBOC Cuts FX Reserve Requirement for Banks as Yuan Falls

    By Editors | 05/09/2022

    The cut will add about increase foreign currency liquidity, make it more appealing for traders to buy the yuan, and support the economic recovery.

    Trading & Investment

    CSRC Unveils Plans to Further Expand Stock Connect

    By Manesh Samtani | 05/09/2022

    More companies will be added to Stock Connect and Hong Kong will introduce treasury bond futures and a special counter for yuan stocks.

    PEPs & Sanctions

    Russia Bond CDS Auction to Be Held on 12 September

    By Editors | 04/09/2022

    The amounts holders of CDS on Russian debt are likely to receive has reportedly dropped by about a third since early June.

    Structural Regulation

    International Court Orders Korea to Pay Damages Over 2012 KEB Sale

    By Editors | 04/09/2022

    US PE firm Lone Star Funds initially planned to sell its stake in KEB for $6.3bn in 2008. Following approval delays, the stake was eventually sold in 2012 for just $2.9bn.

    Trading & Investment

    China Opens More Derivatives Products to Foreign Investors

    By Editors | 03/09/2022

    CFFEX, ZCE, SHFE, INE and DCE opened more futures and options products to foreign investors. New derivatives products are also being developed.

    Structural Regulation

    New Guidance Issued on HKMA Funds Certification

    By Editors | 02/09/2022

    The guidance is intended to help funds and their auditors prepare the necessary reports needed to obtain carried interest tax concessions.

    Trading & Investment

    China Launches First Affordable Rental Housing REITs

    By Editors | 01/09/2022

    The REITs started trading on Wednesday, after being more than 100 times oversubscribed among institutional investors two weeks earlier.

    Trading & Investment

    ASIC Warns Against Offering Risky Products to Retail

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 01/09/2022

    ASIC warns brokers against offering securities lending arrangements, crypto assets and so-called ‘zero brokerage’ offerings to retail investors.

    Trading & Investment

    Japan FSA Seeks to Make NISA Programme Permanent

    By Editors | 31/08/2022

    NISA is a programme for small investments that offers time-based exemptions from capital gains and dividend tax.

    Cryptocurrency

    CME Group Launches Bitcoin, Ether Futures in Euro

    By Editors | 31/08/2022

    CME says the new contracts will provide institutional investors precise tools to trade and hedge their crypto exposures.

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