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    Trading & Investment

    Korea to Extend Short Selling Ban Six More Months

    By Manesh Samtani | 27/08/2020

    During the six-month extension, the FSC plans to strengthen penalties for illegal short-selling and improve retail investor access to stock short sales.

    Trading & Investment

    Philippines Issues Rules on New Investment Vehicle for Corporate Debt

    By Editors | 26/08/2020

    Corporate Debt Vehicles can issue securities to invest in bonds, notes or commercial papers issued by large corporations and medium-sized enterprises.

    Structural Regulation

    ASIC Allows ‘Frozen Funds’ to Pay Out Hardship Relief to Members

    By Editors | 26/08/2020

    The hardship relief will make it easier for responsible entities of frozen funds to enable withdrawals by investors suffering hardship, says ASIC’s Karen Chester.

    Trading & Investment

    Thailand SEC to Allow Repo, Reverse Repo Trades by Retail Investors

    By Editors | 25/08/2020

    Allowing repo and reverse repo trades in listed securities and unit trusts with all investor types will provide them additional liquidity management tools, the SEC said.

    Trading & Investment

    SZSE’s ChiNext Debuts First 18 Listings Under New IPO System

    By Manesh Samtani | 24/08/2020

    18 companies rose by 212 percent on average on their first day of trading, with one company rising more than 2,900 percent during the day.

    Structural Regulation

    CBIRC Green-lights BlackRock-Temasek-CCB Joint Venture

    By Editors | 24/08/2020

    The wealth management joint venture is said to have received approval to commence establishment, with control resting with the two foreign institutions.

    Structural Regulation

    HK Bourse Finalises Changes to Professional Debt Regime

    By Manesh Samtani | 23/08/2020

    The issuer net assets requirement will be raised, a minimum issuance size will be introduced, and state corporations will be required to meet issuer eligibility requirements.

    Trading & Investment

    China to Pilot Direct Foreign Access to Interbank Bond Market

    By Editors | 23/08/2020

    Starting 1 September, foreign institutional investors and QFII/RQFII participants can trade in China’s interbank bond market on a trial basis.

    Market Abuse

    Scotiabank Resolves DOJ, CFTC Spoofing Charges for $127.4m

    By Editors | 20/08/2020

    Four Scotiabank traders based in New York, London and Hong Kong placed thousands of orders in precious metals futures between 2008 and 2016 to manipulate prices.

    Trading & Investment

    Eximbank Issues South Korea’s First SOFR-linked Bonds

    By Editors | 20/08/2020

    State lender Eximbank is the first financial institution in South Korea and the third in Asia to issue SOFR-linked bonds.

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