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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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