Trading & Investment

Clearing & Post-Trade

Thailand Futures Exchange to Accept Both Cash and Non-cash Collateral

By Editors | 19/04/2018

TFEX to accept government and BOT issued bonds and equities underlying stock futures initially, in a move expected to ease trading and lower costs for investors.

Trading & Investment

SEBI Requires Physical Settlement of Equity Derivatives

By Garima Chitkara | 19/04/2018

Regulator issues enhanced eligibility criteria for equities to enter the derivatives segment, physical settlement for derivatives not meeting criteria.

Trading & Investment

India Raises FPI Investment Limits for Govt, Corporate Debt

By Editors | 17/04/2018

Investment limits raised almost 10% effective 12 April, with additional increases set for October.

Trading & Investment

SFC Reprimands, Fines Nomura’s Instinet $2.2mn

By Editors | 16/04/2018

The firm failed to put in place reasonable controls to ensure non-proprietary orders received execution priority, prevent erroneous and disorderly orders being sent to the market.

Trading & Investment

SFC Eying Rules on Instant Message Trade Orders

By Samuel Riding | 16/04/2018

Executive director also says regulator to develop common standard on the content and format of data required to be kept by investment firms.

Trading & Investment

China to Revive QDII Scheme for Outbound Investment

By Editors | 15/04/2018

SAFE has invited financial institutions to seek new quotas under the scheme; institutions’ total QDII quota to be capped at 8 percent of fund assets, will not be allowed to apply for fresh quotas if under 70 percent of existing allocations are used up.

Structural Regulation

PBOC Confirms Financial Sector ‘Opening up’ Plans

By Samuel Riding | 14/04/2018

Governor Yi Gang confirms there will eventually be no limits on foreign ownership of financial institutions; quadruples Stock Connect quotas.

Market Data & Technology

India to Level Playing Field Through ‘Managed Co-location Services’

By Garima Chitkara | 12/04/2018

SEBI asks exchanges to provide technical know-how and expertise to small traders that buy their co-location services in order to level the playing field among exchange members.

Trading & Investment

Samsung Securities Dividend Error Prompts Industry Wide Probe

By Manesh Samtani | 12/04/2018

The firm mistakenly paid out dividends worth 33 times its market cap; FSS will inspect how unauthorised ‘ghost stocks’ were sold by employees.