Trading & Investment

    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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