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Coverage of regulatory developments, market trends, and operational standards across asset classes, financial products, and trading venues.
Trading & Investment
Hong Kong Tracker Fund to Add RMB Trading Counter
By Editors | 22/08/2022
The RMB counter will trade only in the secondary market, starting from 19 September, when Hang Seng Investment Management takes over as manager.
Trading & Investment
TWSE to Shorten Auction Interval for Odd Lot Trading
By Editors | 18/08/2022
The 3-minute auction intervals for intraday odd lot trading will be reduced to 1-minute intervals starting from 19 December.
Trading & Investment
HKEX to Drive Growth Through New Products, Listing Reforms
By Editors | 18/08/2022
HKEX reported its lowest interim profit since 2017, attributed mostly to investment losses and lower fees from securities trading and IPOs.
Market Data & Technology
SET, Bloomberg Launches Initiative to Boost Capital Markets Talent
By Editors | 18/08/2022
The initiative will allow finance students from eight universities to gain experience in financial markets trading using Bloomberg data and tools.
Operational Risk
Korea FSS Probes Korea Investment & Securities Over System Outage
By Editors | 18/08/2022
The system outage occurred due to an electrical short circuit at Korea Investment & Securities’ main data processing computer centre.
PEPs & Sanctions
LME Bans Russian Nickel From UK Warehouse Facilities
By Editors | 18/08/2022
Higher duties on Russian metals imposed as part of a sanctions package have now been extended to nickel.
Cryptocurrency
ASIC Concerned by Extent of Retail Investors Exposed to Crypto
By Editors | 18/08/2022
ASIC chair Joe Longo says better investor protections are needed after a survey of retail investors founr 44 percent were holding cryptocurrency.
Trading & Investment
FCA Calls on Issuers to Transition Remaining LIBOR Bonds
By Editors | 18/08/2022
Issuers of remaining GBP, JPY and USD LIBOR-linked bonds should initiate consent solicitation processes, and not rely on synthetic rates.
Trading & Investment
Investment Funds Increasingly Setting Up as Singapore VCCs
By Editors | 17/08/2022
Singapore has reportedly been welcoming more than a dozen investment funds every month under the VCC regime.
Trading & Investment
Moscow Reopens Bond Market to ‘Friendly’ Nations
By Manesh Samtani | 17/08/2022
Investors from “unfriendly” countries remain subject to capital controls banning them from selling or collecting payments on Russian securities.
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