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Coverage of regulatory developments, market trends, and operational standards across asset classes, financial products, and trading venues.
Trading & Investment
DBS, ICBC Issue First Club Loan Pegged to SORA
By Editors | 01/10/2020
The SORA-pegged club loan coupled with a cross-currency swap, which provides added certainty on interest rates and swap SGD proceeds into USD.
Trading & Investment
Goldman to Build Out FX Trading Infrastructure in Singapore
By Editors | 30/09/2020
Goldman expects its FX pricing engine in Singapore to be live in the first quarter of 2021 across deliverable and non-deliverable currencies.
Trading & Investment
RegTech Asia 2020: Trade Surveillance and Monitoring
By Editors | 30/09/2020
What has the increased use of new client communication modalities to facilitate trading amid the pandemic meant for market surveillance and regulatory compliance?
Structural Regulation
KRX Offers English Translation Service for Company Filings
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 29/09/2020
KRX says its investor base will expand by allowing foreigners improved accessibility to English language disclosures of listed companies.
Trading & Investment
Singapore Extends Measures on Electronic Offer Documents
By Editors | 29/09/2020
Listed issuers and parties involved in rights issues and takeover or merger transactions can electronically disseminate offer documents for 9 more months.
Trading & Investment
SEBI Guidelines for Investment Advisers Take Effect
By Duruthu E Chandrasekera | 29/09/2020
The guidelines, finalised in July, require investment advisors to only offer either advisory or distribution services to a client, but not both.
Emerging Prudential Risks
IBOR Phase-out Plans on Track Despite Covid: Moody’s
By Manesh Samtani | 29/09/2020
But challenges remain, including limited liquidity in ARR markets, uncertainties on term rates and credit spread adjustments, and operational issues.
Trading & Investment
HKEX Launches Five New MSCI Futures Contracts
By Editors | 29/09/2020
The bourse operator also plans to launch an MSCI Taiwan options contract later this year, subject to regulatory approvals and market conditions.
Trading & Investment
Singapore’s iFAST to Launch China Private Fund Manager Business
By Editors | 28/09/2020
iFAST Corporation expects to start selling private funds to qualified onshore individual and institutional investors in China in early 2021.
Trading & Investment
Korea Considers Capping Margin Lending, Underwriting Fees
By Editors | 28/09/2020
Interest rates on margin accounts vary between 4.5% and 9%; underwriting fees vary between 1% and 6% of the total value of the shares.
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