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Coverage of regulatory developments, market trends, and operational standards across asset classes, financial products, and trading venues.
Structural Regulation
ASEAN ‘Close’ to Financial Services Free Trade Agreement
By Samuel Riding | 09/04/2018
Statement says deal on trade in services close to agreement, ASEAN members to also update wider agreement on cross-border services this year.
Trading & Investment
MiFID II Could Kill Quality Investment Research
By Peter Guy | 09/04/2018
If almost all communications between sales-traders and clients is classified as “research”, severe distortions will hit the economics of quality investment insights.
Structural Regulation
Bursa Malaysia Enhances Collective Investment Rules
By Editors | 07/04/2018
Unit holder protections, corporate governance, disclosure quality to be enhanced; applicable to REITs, ETFs, closed-end funds.
Trading & Investment
IOSCO Issues Corporate Bond Transparency Recommendations
By Editors | 07/04/2018
Better access to information will aid regulator functions, enhance cross-border information sharing, enable better informed investment decisions, boost market liquidity.
Structural Regulation
ASIC Updates Client Money Guidance as New Restrictions Take Effect
By Editors | 06/04/2018
Licensees may not use OTC derivative client money for own obligations, working capital; new reporting requirements to increase transparency on client money use.
Structural Regulation
Japan Exchange Group to Sell SGX Stake Over Three Years
By Editors | 03/04/2018
JPX to sell stake due to governance code requirements to explain strategic holdings, but says cooperation will continue.
Structural Regulation
China Launches Depository Receipt Pilot
By Editors | 31/03/2018
Overseas-listed tech firms with market cap over 200 billion yuan can issue CDRs; unlisted firms valued over 20 billion yuan to be considered for domestic listings.
Market Data & Technology
India to Democratise Algo Trading Access
By Garima Chitkara | 29/03/2018
New measures aimed at cheaper access to tick data and co-location, greater disclosure on algorithms and latency from exchanges, stiffer penalties for high order-to-trade ratios.
Structural Regulation
Australia Introduces Funds Passport Legislation
By Editors | 29/03/2018
Implementation of Asia Region Funds Passport to be complemented by a new corporate structure vehicle to export to investors in Asia.
AI Risk & Governance
SFC Issues Robo-advice Guidelines
By Samuel Riding | 29/03/2018
Robo-advice platforms should explain how their underlying algorithms operate, ensure regular testing to ensure they remain fit for purpose.
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