Trading & Investment

Trading & Investment

HKEX to Launch New Mini USD/CNH Futures Contract

By Editors | 21/01/2021

The new contract will cater to participants who prefer cash settlement and smaller contract sizes, such as medium-sized corporates and individuals.

Structural Regulation

TWSE to Launch New Innovation Board in Q3 This Year

By Editors | 21/01/2021

Companies will be required to meet a market cap threshold of TWD 1.5 billion to list on the new ‘Taiwan Innovation Board’, and profitability requirements will be eased.

Structural Regulation

Japan FSA Opens New Dedicated Office for Foreign Firms

By Editors | 21/01/2021

The new office will handle pre-application consultation, registration and supervision, with all communications available in English.

Structural Regulation

Hong Kong, Thailand Agree Mutual Recognition of Funds

By Editors | 20/01/2021

Each Hong Kong or Thai fund approved under the MRF scheme will have to appoint a firm in the other market to serve as its representative.

Clearing & Post-Trade

Clearinghouses Consider Early LIBOR Switch for Derivatives – Report

By Editors | 20/01/2021

LCH and CME Group could carry out a switchover in late November or early December for LIBOR derivatives to protect from tight liquidity in the benchmark’s final days.

Trading & Investment

China: SAFE Allocates $9bn in Additional Quotas to QDIIs

By Editors | 19/01/2021

90% of the new quotas were granted to 14 fund managers, including China Southern Asset Management, E Fund Management, Bosera Asset Management and Harvest Fund Management.

Credit Risk

Credit Quality Assessment a Challenge for China Bond Investors

By Manesh Samtani | 19/01/2021

Challenges assessing the credit quality of underlying corporates in China’s onshore bond market has been one of the key barriers for foreign investors, ICMA says in a new report.

Trading & Investment

China Approves Peanut Futures Trading Starting 1 February

By Editors | 18/01/2021

China is also planning to launch new commodity derivatives in natural gas and refined oil, among a host of other futures products in the pipeline.

Structural Regulation

Dutch Brokerage IMC Granted Preliminary Licence in Korea

By Editors | 17/01/2021

The approval of the preliminary financial investment business licence marks the FSC’s first approval of a foreign-based trading firm in three and a half years.