Trading & Investment

Trading & Investment

SGX RegCo Enhances Market Surveillance with Artificial Intelligence

By Editors | 12/02/2020

The introduction of AI will help isolate unusual activity by learning from historical trading patterns and filtering out noise.

Trading & Investment

Bangladesh to Float Shares of State Banks to Prop Up Market

By Editors | 12/02/2020

Sonali Bank, Agrani Bank, Janata Bank, Rupali Bank and Bangladesh Development Bank will each have 25% of their shares listed on the stock market by end-October.

Trading & Investment

Indian Banks Association Pushes for LIBOR Transition Readiness

By Editors | 12/02/2020

The IBA has written to companies asking them to assess the impacts that the LIBOR phase-out will have on their businesses, and to prepare accordingly.

Structural Regulation

HK Accountants Body Calls for Blanket Extension to Results Deadline

By Editors | 12/02/2020

The SFC-HKEX decision to allow the publication of unaudited results on a case-by-case basis has “not yet fully addressed the concerns of the accounting industry”.

Structural Regulation

Alibaba May Be Excluded from HK-China Stock Connect – Report

By Editors | 12/02/2020

A decision has not yet been made to revise a previous arrangement that excludes companies with secondary listings and weighted voting rights from Stock Connect.

Trading & Investment

Sri Lanka Should Start LIBOR Transition ‘Immediately’ – ICRA

By Editors | 11/02/2020

The central bank, financial institutions, and companies must assess the impact, and the LIBOR transition should start “immediately”, says ICRA Lanka, a Moody’s group company.

Trading & Investment

S. Korea’s KakaoPay Green-lit to Offer Brokerage Services

By Editors | 10/02/2020

The FSC has granted final approval to KakaoPay allowing it to acquire Baro Investment & Securities and enter the brokerage services space.

Structural Regulation

SGX to Allow Some Issuers to Delay AGM, Audited Results

By Editors | 10/02/2020

The extension is for issuers whose principal place of business or significant operations are in China, and whose audits have been affected by coronavirus-related measures.

Trading & Investment

NAFMII Enables ‘Green Channel’ Bond Issuance Amid Virus Outbreak

By Editors | 07/02/2020

NAFMII will support companies affected by the coronavirus outbreak and those helping to contain it by enabling a ‘green channel’ for fundraising and debt issuance.