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Coverage of regulatory developments, market trends, and operational standards across asset classes, financial products, and trading venues.
Tokenisation
DBS Launches Automated Digital Bond Issuance Platform
By Editors | 23/06/2021
FIX Marketplace enables issuers to digitalise their bonds for direct issuance in the market, while allowing for direct interaction with investors.
Trading & Investment
SEBI Allows Mutual Funds to Trade IRS for Hedging
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 22/06/2021
SEBI says mutual fund schemes may enter into plain vanilla interest rate swaps for hedging purposes.
Trading & Investment
DBS Becomes First Asian Bank to Obtain LME Membership
By Editors | 22/06/2021
DBS says its LME membership will help clients price and hedge metals trades effectively, and facilitate physical delivery.
Structural Regulation
SEBI Planning Dedicated Framework For SPACs – Report
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 21/06/2021
To allow SPACs in India, SEBI would have to either introduce a separate law or amend current regulations.
Structural Regulation
China Tightens Rules on Commodity Price Index Compilers
By Editors | 21/06/2021
The new rules will help to standardise how commodity price indexes are compiled and improve transparency on the release of information.
Structural Regulation
CBIRC Approves First Fully Foreign Owned Money Broker
By Editors | 20/06/2021
Japan’s Ueda Yagi Tanshi will become the first foreign firm to commence currency brokerage business in China under a fully-owned unit.
Trading & Investment
Hong Kong-Thailand Mutual Recognition of Funds Takes Effect
By Manesh Samtani | 17/06/2021
Hong Kong’s SFC and Thailand’s SEC say the MRF scheme has taken effect. Both have issued new guidance on obtaining authorisation under the scheme.
Trading & Investment
UK Regulators Support US ‘SOFR First’ Proposal on Interdealer Swaps
By Editors | 17/06/2021
The FCA and BOE encourage liquidity providers to change USD linear swap trading conventions from USD LIBOR to SOFR on 26 July 2021.
Trading & Investment
Vietnam: HoSE Commences Trials on New Trading System
By Ranamita Chakraborty | 17/06/2021
HoSE has commenced connection trials with securities firms and intends to start functional trials from 26 July.
Structural Regulation
Korea Allows Securities Firms to Extend Credit to Overseas Affiliates
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 16/06/2021
Large securities firms will be allowed to extend credit to overseas branches and subsidiaries in which they have at least a 50 percent stake.
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