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Coverage of regulatory developments, market trends, and operational standards across asset classes, financial products, and trading venues.
Structural Regulation
Japanese Tax System Derailing Tokyo Hub Ambitions: Report
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 16/06/2022
The plan to reform the tax system to attract hedge funds to Tokyo has resulted in “preferential treatment no one would use.”
Structural Regulation
US Lawmakers Propose Measures to Block Investment in China
By Editors | 16/06/2022
The bill, if passed, will bring more pain to US companies than Chinese companies, says a China Foreign Ministry spokesman.
Trading & Investment
ASX Consults on Fallbacks for 90 Day Bank Bill Futures
By Editors | 15/06/2022
ASX says the inclusion of fallback provisions in contractual documentation will provide contractual and risk management certainty.
Trading & Investment
TAIFEX to Launch Semiconductor, Logistics Futures
By Editors | 14/06/2022
The new contracts are a response to heightened market demand for industry-specific risk management tools, TAIFEX says.
Trading & Investment
Contracts for Difference: Playing with Fire
By Emma Parry | 13/06/2022
Increased regulatory scrutiny of CFDs highlights the need for a renewed focus on financial literacy and investor education, says Emma Parry.
Trading & Investment
Philippine Bourse to Permanently Close Trading Floor
By Editors | 13/06/2022
The pandemic has prompted brokers to conduct their trading activities off-site and hastened the PSE’s migration to ‘floorless trading’.
Market Abuse
SFC Proposes SFO Revisions to Improve Enforcement Tools
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 13/06/2022
The amendments relate to SFO provisions on remedial orders, insider dealing, and advertising of investment products.
Emerging Prudential Risks
RBNZ to Start Unloading Government Bond Holdings in July
By Editors | 12/06/2022
The RBNZ has accumulated government bonds worth NZD 53 billion through a quantitative easing programme that began in 2020.
PEPs & Sanctions
OFAC Blocks Secondary Market Trading in Russian Debt, Equity
By Editors | 12/06/2022
To date, only the purchase of new issues has been prohibited, and trading in secondary markets has still been allowed.
Structural Regulation
HKMA Invites Global Banks to November Summit in Hong Kong
By Editors | 10/06/2022
The two-day summit is reportedly aimed at reversing an exodus of financial talent from Hong Kong after more than two years of Covid-19 measures.
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