Trading & Investment

Trading & Investment

ASIFMA Paper Offers Policy Suggestions on Improving China Market Access

By Manesh Samtani | 20/03/2019

A new ASIFMA paper provides policy recommendations for making China’s capital markets easier to access and more attractive to foreign institutional investors.

Trading & Investment

NSE-SGX Final Arbitration Decision Deferred to December 2020

By Editors | 20/03/2019

The deferment means Singapore Exchange will be able to continue offering SGX Nifty products until a long term solution is agreed.

Cryptocurrency

Japan to Impose Margin Trading Limits in Cryptocurrency Sector

By Editors | 20/03/2019

New rules will limit cryptocurrency margin trading to two-to-four times initial deposits and require exchanges offering margin facilities to register separately with government.

Structural Regulation

Vietnam Ups Pressure on Banks to List Before 2020

By Editors | 19/03/2019

Vietnam’s prime minister has approved a scheme that will force banks to list on a stock exchange by 2020. Banks are currently reluctant to go public due to poor market conditions.

Structural Regulation

Brunei Earmarks $300mn for Proposed Stock Exchange

By Editors | 19/03/2019

Brunei’s government has agreed on a budget of more than $300mn to establish the country’s first stock exchange in the next few years.

Cryptocurrency

Singapore Court Rules in First Case Involving Cryptocurrency

By Manesh Samtani | 19/03/2019

The Singapore International Commercial Court has ruled that crypto exchange Quoine was liable for a “breach of contract and breach of trust” by reversing seven trades in April 2017.

Trading & Investment

MAS Publishes Finalised Mandatory Trading Regulations for Derivatives

By Kai Loon Loh | 19/03/2019

Kai Loon Loh and Patrick Phua at global law firm Ashurst sum up the key takeaways from the MAS response to consultative feedback and the now-finalised mandatory trading regulations.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability

SFC Fines BOCI Securities for ‘Systemic Deficiencies’ in Selling Practices

By Editors | 19/03/2019

BOCI Securities failed to comply with requirements relating to client profiling, product due diligence, and suitability assessment in its sale and distribution of investment products.

Structural Regulation

Tokyo Bourse to Cut a Third of Companies from First Section

By Editors | 18/03/2019

The Tokyo Stock Exchange plans to raise the minimum market cap for companies to maintain a listing on its First Section and require English language quarterly earnings disclosures.