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Coverage of regulatory developments, market trends, and operational standards across asset classes, financial products, and trading venues.
Structural Regulation
Hong Kong: Deutsche Bank IPO Sponsor Licence to Lapse
By Editors | 02/07/2021
Deutsche was meant to replace two departing senior employees and obtain SFC approval for their replacements but a “timing mismatch” occurred.
Structural Regulation
SC Malaysia Expands Sophisticated Investor Definition
By Editors | 02/07/2021
More investors will be allowed to expand their investment options and issuers will be able to tap into a larger pool of sophisticated investors.
Structural Regulation
HKEX Asks Participants to Prepare for FRC Transaction Levy
By Manesh Samtani | 01/07/2021
Levies will be payable to the Financial Reporting Council by sellers and purchasers of securities, public interest entities, and PIE auditors from 1 January 2022.
Structural Regulation
130 Nations Endorse Global Minimum Corporate Tax Rate
By Editors | 01/07/2021
The global minimum corporate income tax is estimated to generate around $150bn in additional global tax revenues annually.
Trading & Investment
Tokyo Bourse Lists First Depositary Receipts by Asian Firm
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 01/07/2021
Singapore-based Omni-Plus System is only the second foreign company to list JDRs, after US chip design company Techpoint’s 2017 offering.
Cryptocurrency
ASIC Proposes New Guidance for Crypto-asset ETPs
By Editors | 01/07/2021
In ASIC’s view, only bitcoin and ether are likely to satisfy proposed criteria for determining whether a crypto-asset is appropriate as an ETP’s underlying asset.
Market Data & Technology
SGX, Platts Partner to Provide Commodities Data, Content
By Editors | 01/07/2021
Titan OTC participants can access Platts’ data on commodities including iron ore, coking coal, steel, aluminum, copper, freight and battery metals.
Structural Regulation
CSRC Approves DBS Stake in Shenzhen Rural Commercial Bank
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 30/06/2021
DBS will become the largest shareholder of Shenzhen Rural Commercial Bank, paving the way for its expansion in the GBA.
Structural Regulation
Singapore to Continue Electronic Dissemination of Offer Documents
By Editors | 29/06/2021
The extension of the temporary measure will allow rights issues and take-over or merger transactions to proceed within prevailing safe management measures.
Trading & Investment
New Report Explores Impact of AT/HFT on Hong Kong Equities
By Manesh Samtani | 28/06/2021
Algorithmic trading and high-frequency trading were generally not found to have a deteriorating impact on market liquidity or increase market volatility.
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