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Coverage of regulatory developments, market trends, and operational standards across asset classes, financial products, and trading venues.
Trading & Investment
China Opens Treasury Bond Futures Market to ICBC, BOC, BoCom
By Editors | 13/04/2020
Participation by the three banks in the treasury bond futures market will improve liquidity, enhance price discovery, and create a more meaningful yield curve.
Trading & Investment
Short Selling May Help Mitigate the Effects of Covid-19 Crisis
By Editors | 13/04/2020
ISLA’s Council for Sustainable Finance says short selling can be a “positive mechanism”, and banning it can harm price discovery and liquidity.
Structural Regulation
Myanmar Awards Licences to Seven More Foreign Banks
By Editors | 13/04/2020
The preliminary licences were awarded to three Korean banks, two Taiwanese banks, one Hong Kong bank and one Thai bank.
Trading & Investment
FSC Korea Moves to Support Corporate, Fintech Funding Needs
By Editors | 10/04/2020
Korea’s bond market stabilisation fund has begun operating. Additional support will come through a new bond underwriting programme, P-CBOs, and direct investment into fintechs.
Trading & Investment
SGX Marks First Listing of Dual Class Shares in Digital Ceremony
By Editors | 10/04/2020
AMTD International’s listing ceremony was SGX’s first to be conducted digitally with a live global broadcast. It was also the first SGX listing of a NYSE company.
Trading & Investment
SFC Raises Concerns with Leveraged Foreign Exchange Trading
By Editors | 10/04/2020
Brokers reported that more than 60% of clients who engage in leveraged foreign exchange trading made net trading losses, some in excess of HK$1mn.
Trading & Investment
RBI to Open Up Rupee Derivatives for Hedging from 1 June
By Editors | 09/04/2020
Authorised dealers and can allow users to trade rupee derivatives up to USD 10 million notional value outstanding without the need to establish the existence of underlying exposures.
Operational Risk
RBI Reduces Market Hours to Curb Volatility
By Editors | 06/04/2020
During India’s lockdown, currency, bond and money markets will operate for only 4 hours. SEBI has also brought forward the cut-off times for the mutual fund industry.
Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime
CSRC Opens Investigation into Fraud at Coffee Chain
By Editors | 06/04/2020
The chief operating officer of Nasdaq-listed Luckin Coffee, along with his employees, are said to have fabricated about $310mn worth of sales transactions.
Trading & Investment
Japan Lacks Consensus on LIBOR Replacement – Report
By Editors | 05/04/2020
About 57% of Japanese banks say TIBOR should be used, while about 70% of companies prefer to use forward-looking term rates based on TONAR.
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