Trading & Investment

Structural Regulation

The AIFMD Review: Potential Impacts for Asia Pacific

By Arthur Carabia | 10/11/2020

While some of the proposals could be harmful to market participants, the review presents an opportunity to clarify certain elements of AIFMD, says ICMA’s Arthur Carabia.

Trading & Investment

Thailand Makes Stock Trading Fees Tax-deductible Until Year-End

By Editors | 10/11/2020

The SEC has notified investors that they can use securities and futures trading fees for tax deductions under a new government scheme.

Supervision & Enforcement

SFC Fines Credit Suisse Securities Over Market Making Errors

By Editors | 09/11/2020

Credit Suisse Securities submitted 17,000 erroneous market making quotes to the market in 8 minutes due to a logic error in its symbol mapping programme.

Trading & Investment

TAIFEX to Expand Offshore Index Futures Suite with FTSE 100 Futures

By Editors | 09/11/2020

TAIFEX already offers Dow Jones, S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 index futures. FTSE 100 Futures will further enhance its ability to cater to offshore investors.

Trading & Investment

SGX to Launch New Derivatives, Expand CME Clearing Relationship

By Manesh Samtani | 09/11/2020

SGX is launching five new equity futures contracts based on FTSE Russell indices. Two of the contracts will be available under SGX’s mutual offset system with CME Group.

Trading & Investment

SEBI Introduces ‘Flexi Cap’ Category for Mutual Funds

By Editors | 09/11/2020

The new ‘Flexi Cap Fund’ category allows fund managers to dynamically change their allocations across small, mid and large-cap stocks.

Market Data & Technology

HKMA Invites Tenders to Implement LIBOR Transition for Exchange Fund

By Editors | 09/11/2020

Interested parties should arrange project staff members who are familiar with or experienced in the Calypso system and LIBOR transition.

Trading & Investment

SEBI Doubles Overseas Investment Limit for Mutual Funds

By Editors | 09/11/2020

SEBI says mutual funds can now invest up to $600mn overseas, up from $300mn previously, subject to a $7bn overall industry limit.

Trading & Investment

Industry Bodies Publish APAC Charter for Indication of Interest Issuers

By Editors | 08/11/2020

ASIFMA, Quorum 15, Asia TraderForum, the FIX Trading Community and their members have established a consistent approach for issuing Indications of Interest.