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Sustainable Finance
Luxembourg, India Sign Three Market Cooperation Agreements
By Editors | 23/11/2020
An MOU between LuxSE and India INX will enable Indian issuers to dual-list green bonds in Luxembourg, thereby increasing their visibility and secondary market trading.
Trading & Investment
SEBI Directs Directs NSE to Triple Investor Protection Fund
By Editors | 23/11/2020
SEBI says it will review the adequacy of NSE’s investor protection fund on a half-yearly basis and that incremental contributions will be made “if required”.
Structural Regulation
Industry Bodies Call For Delay to EU Third-country Benchmarks Regime
By Editors | 22/11/2020
ISDA and 13 other associations say they believe an extension of the transitional period for third-country benchmarks under BMR is urgently needed.
Trading & Investment
UPDATED – First Brokers Approved to Use TSE’s CONNEQTOR Platform
By Editors | 22/11/2020
CONNEQTOR enables institutional investors who want to trade a particular ETF at a particular quantity to send an RFQs to market makers.
Structural Regulation
LIBOR Transition Work Needs to Accelerate in Early 2021: FSB
By Manesh Samtani | 21/11/2020
In a progress report on global transition efforts, the FSB highlights slower progress in loan markets, which it says must be addressed urgently.
Structural Regulation
NAFMII Issues New Rules for Interbank Bond Market
By Editors | 20/11/2020
The rules prohibit issuers from directly subscribing to their own bonds in the interbank market or buying them indirectly through affiliates or asset management products.
Trading & Investment
FSC Korea to Enable Greater Retail Participation in IPOs
By Editors | 20/11/2020
From next month, the retail allocation of IPOs shares will increase from 20% to 30%, and a fairer approach to allocations will be adopted.
Trading & Investment
Sri Lanka Budget Offers Boost to Capital Markets, Banking Sector
By Duruthu E Chandrasekera | 19/11/2020
The government has proposed tax incentives for newly-listed companies and investment in REITs, in addition to proposals to strengthen the banking sector.
Trading & Investment
APLMA Seeks Consensus on SOFR-based Loan Facilities in APAC
By Manesh Samtani | 19/11/2020
New discussion drafts cover the use of SOFR for USD loan facilities in APAC, one using the compounded average approach and the other based on Daily Simple SOFR.
Market Abuse
China Bond Default Shock Prompts NAFMII Underwriter Probe
By Manesh Samtani | 19/11/2020
Haitong Securities, Industrial Bank, China Everbright Bank, Zhongyuan Bank are suspected of violations, as recent defaults prompt concerns over the health of SOEs.
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