Trading & Investment

    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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