Trading & Investment

    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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