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    Trading & Investment

    ASX Consults on Changes to Treasury Bond Futures Roll

    By Editors | 07/10/2019

    A new consultation paper outlines four options for changes to the roll structure and order management functionality for the 3 and 10 Year Treasury Bond Futures contracts.

    Trading & Investment

    Korea FSC Offers New Channels for Venture Capital Investment

    By Editors | 01/10/2019

    Securities, asset management and venture capital firms can obtain a license to operate a fund which raises capital from investors to list on the KRX and invests in unlisted companies.

    Trading & Investment

    SEBI Issues Norms for Funds on Money Market, Debt Valuations

    By Editors | 01/10/2019

    Mutual funds should value money market and debt securities using the waterfall approach on the basis of traded yields, SEBI said in a circular.

    Trading & Investment

    SGX to Introduce Price Collars for Auction Mechanism

    By Editors | 30/09/2019

    The price limits will prevent order matching beyond a certain range of the last traded price for the securities market’s opening, mid-day and closing auction routines.

    Structural Regulation

    APAC Central Banks Prepare Market for Benchmark Reforms

    By Editors | 27/09/2019

    A group of APAC central banks have issued a report on the regional implications of LIBOR’s discontinuation, BMR implementation, and reforms to local benchmarks.

    Trading & Investment

    Taiwan to List First Offshore Nasdaq-100 Index Futures

    By Editors | 26/09/2019

    Monday will mark the first time Nasdaq-100 index futures are listed outside the US, the result of a collaboration between CME Group and TAIFEX.

    Structural Regulation

    Small Finance Banks Rush to Meet RBI Listing Deadline

    By Editors | 26/09/2019

    A three-year deadline to publicly list is approaching for small finance banks that were granted in-principle licences by the RBI in September 2015.

    Trading & Investment

    KRX to Enable Local Access to Foreign ETF Trading

    By Editors | 25/09/2019

    Access will be enabled through an ‘ETF of ETF’ structure, under which locally tradeable ETFs will invest in individual foreign ETFs.

    Market Abuse

    US, UK Agencies Work to Clean Up Credit Derivatives Market

    By Editors | 24/09/2019

    In a joint statement, the SEC, CFTC and FCA have pledged to work together to address “opportunistic strategies” that harm the credit derivatives market.

    Trading & Investment

    Civil Unrest Forces Brokers to Exit Hong Kong Market

    By Editors | 24/09/2019

    Since the Hong Kong protests began in June, ten brokerage firms have reportedly exited the market amid lower turnover and shrinking commission revenues.

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