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Coverage of regulatory developments, market trends, and operational standards across asset classes, financial products, and trading venues.
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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