Trading & Investment

Trading & Investment

Bangladesh Opens Funds Market to Foreign Investors, AIF

By Samuel Riding | 08/12/2015

Regulator proposes to allow foreign investors and alternative investment fund managers as eligible investors.

Structural Regulation

SEBI to Set Fund Commission Rules, Discussing Crowdfunding

By Samuel Riding | 08/12/2015

Indian market regulator frustrated by mutual fund association delays; expects to introduce crowdfunding proposals next month.

Structural Regulation

Singapore Extends Minimum Trading Price Deadline

By Samuel Riding | 07/12/2015

SGX gives listed companies a further six months to comply with rule that is forcing consolidation of low-priced shares.

Structural Regulation

PSE Faces Queries on PDS Deal

By Samuel Riding | 07/12/2015

Philippine Stock Exchange working to answer regulator’s questions on takeover of fixed income bourse operator.

Market Abuse

High Frequency Trading: Lessons for Asia

By Samuel Riding | 03/12/2015

US trader and HFT whistleblower Haim Bodek raises red flags for Asian brokers and regulators.

Market Abuse

Ensuring Fast, Fair Trading in Asia

By Samuel Riding | 03/12/2015

Reflecting on the Asian impact of rising fears, and prosecutions, of spoofing by high-frequency traders.

Market Abuse

Trading or Spoofing? A Legal Perspective from Singapore

By Samuel Riding | 03/12/2015

WongPartnership discusses whether Singapore’s existing regulatory framework is sufficient to distinguish valid trading and spoofing.

Structural Regulation

South Korea Approves Alibaba, Tencent Backed E-banks

By Samuel Riding | 01/12/2015

Alibaba- and Kakao-backed groups get preliminary approval to establish online lenders.

Structural Regulation

US Investment Banks Lobby on BSE, NSE Listings

By Samuel Riding | 30/11/2015

Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley among 17 firms lobbying Indian government for faster progress on listings of India’s two stock exchanges.