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    Trading & Investment

    Digital Asset, ISDA Collaborate to Drive Adoption of ISDA CDM

    By Editors | 10/04/2019

    Digital Asset will help create a new reference code library that will simplify and standardise the process of generating lifecycle events defined in the ISDA Common Domain Model.

    Structural Regulation

    Bangladesh Exchanges Lobby for Lower Taxes to Spur Capital Market

    By Editors | 08/04/2019

    The Dhaka and Chittagong stock exchanges have asked for tax cuts on dividends, bonds, stock transactions, and their own income, in a bid to catalyse Bangladesh’s capital markets.

    Payments & Settlements

    ASEAN Pushes for Cross-Border Settlement in Local Currencies

    By Editors | 08/04/2019

    ASEAN central bankers are setting up direct settlement systems that use local currencies, in a bid to reduce transaction costs and exposures to global volatility.

    Trading & Investment

    RBI to Allow Non-Residents to Trade Interest Rate Derivatives

    By Editors | 07/04/2019

    Under draft rules, non-resident retail investors can hedge through interest rate derivatives; non-retail investors can participate for other specified purposes.

    Trading & Investment

    Over 40 IPO Applicants Accepted for Shanghai’s New Board

    By Editors | 07/04/2019

    Of the 50 listing applicants so far, 41 have been accepted and will have to through a second stage of audit and inquiry. The other 9 have been sent inquiry letters.

    Structural Regulation

    Merger Benefits Diminished Under Existing JPX-TOCOM Plan

    By Editors | 07/04/2019

    The current plan to keep crude oil and petroleum products on TOCOM will diminish the benefits of the planned merger with JPX.

    Trading & Investment

    Fullerton Wins Approval to Offer Investment Advisory in China

    By Editors | 04/04/2019

    Fullerton has become the first foreign fund manager to receive approval for its WFOE to conduct onshore investment advisory business in China.

    Trading & Investment

    China to Open Stock Index Futures to Foreign Investors

    By Editors | 04/04/2019

    Overseas investors may get access to mainland stock index futures under the QFII and RQFII programmes. No details revealed about quota arrangements.

    Trading & Investment

    Bloomberg Begins Including China Bonds in Flagship Index

    By Editors | 03/04/2019

    The index inclusion will draw more liquidity into China’s onshore bond market and potentially spur more policy measures to further open up the market.

    Trading & Investment

    NSE, SGX Reach Agreement on India Derivatives

    By Editors | 01/04/2019

    NSE and SGX have reportedly finalised an agreement that will enable SGX to offer trading in Nifty derivatives to Singapore investors through a special purpose vehicle operating as a broker at GIFT City.

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