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    Trading & Investment

    China Directs Local Gov’ts to Allow Bond Underwriting by Foreign Banks

    By Editors | 07/01/2020

    Local governments have been told to revise their procedures and remove restrictions to allow foreign-invested banks to participate in bond underwriting syndicates.

    Trading & Investment

    Taiwan Easing Rules to Encourage More Domestic Investment

    By Editors | 07/01/2020

    In March, the FSC will announce which banks qualify to issue new structured note products, after the regulator eased regulations on the investment targets they can be linked to.

    Trading & Investment

    CFETS to Launch Interest Rate Options Pilot in February

    By Editors | 07/01/2020

    Market participants must demonstrate adequate internal operating procedures and risk management systems are in place, and apply by 7 February to become interest rate option market trading members.

    Trading & Investment

    HKEX Chief Lays Out Vision for Decade Ahead

    By Editors | 07/01/2020

    Charles Li says HKEX will leverage the disruptive power of technology to enhance connectivity between China and the rest of the world in stock, bond and commodity markets.

    Trading & Investment

    RBI Expands Scope of Currency Derivatives Reporting Regime

    By Editors | 07/01/2020

    To date, the reporting framework only required banks to report currency derivatives transactions worth over $1mn. All transactions below this threshold now have to be reported.

    Trading & Investment

    Philippine SEC Approves Implementing Guidelines on Short Selling

    By Editors | 06/01/2020

    The new implementing guidelines address concerns over the effect of SBL and short selling transactions on trading participants’ books and records, error transactions, and capital adequacy.

    Trading & Investment

    Shanghai-London Connect Suspended Amid Political Tensions – Reports

    By Editors | 05/01/2020

    A CSRC spokesperson has denied the suspension after multiple media reports emerged that SSE companies have been temporarily blocked from listing depositary receipts on the LSE.

    Structural Regulation

    UPDATED – Known Applicants for Singapore Digital Bank Licences

    By Manesh Samtani | 05/01/2020

    Grab, Singtel, Razer, Ant Financial, V3 Group, EZ-Link, iFast Corporation, ByteDance, AMTD, Xiaomi, PhillipCapital, Temasek, Enigma Group and Singapura Finance are among applicants.

    Conduct, Culture & Accountability

    SEBI Directs Investment Advisers to Improve Conduct

    By Editors | 02/01/2020

    SEBI has observed that some investment advisers have been providing advice on a ‘free trial basis’, without performing client risk profiling and product suitability assessments.

    Structural Regulation

    SGX RegCo Launches Review of Regulatory Framework for Retail Bonds

    By Editors | 02/01/2020

    The working group tasked with recommending changes to the framework comprises representatives from the Securities Investors Association Singapore, DBS, OCBC, and UOB, among others.

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