Trading & Investment

    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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