Trading & Investment

Emerging Prudential Risks

China Pension Funds to Invest in Domestic Stock Market

By Editors | 25/08/2015

China’s State Council has announced it will allow up to 30 percent of locally managed pension funds to be invested in domestic stocks and stock-linked funds, potentially channeling hundreds of billions into the stock market.

Structural Regulation

ASIC Issues Third Report on Corporate Finance Regulation

By Editors | 24/08/2015

The Australia Securities and Investment Commission has published its third report detailing the approach it takes to the regulation of corporate finance issues.

Structural Regulation

Listing Criteria Published for New Myanmar Bourse

By Editors | 21/08/2015

Myanmar has published the listing criteria for the Yangon Stock Exchange (YSX), which is due to open later this year to replace the existing Myanmar Securities Exchange Centre.

Structural Regulation

ASIC Proposes Warrants and ETFs on Chi-X

By Editors | 20/08/2015

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has proposed changes to its market integrity rules which would allow stock market operator Chi-X Australia to start quoting and trading warrants and exchange traded funds.

Structural Regulation

Vietnam Regulator Raises Foreign Ownership Limit for Public Firms

By Editors | 20/08/2015

Vietnam’s State Securities Commission has issued a circular to guide the implementation of a new law raising the foreign ownership limit (FOL) in public companies to 100 percent.

Structural Regulation

SFC Reveals Direct Pathway for HK Brokers to Deal with US Customers

By Editors | 17/08/2015

Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission has issued a circular describing the application procedure for certain licensed corporations to deal directly with customers in the United States.

Trading & Investment

China’s Central Bank Intervenes to Stabilise Yuan

By Editors | 14/08/2015

The People’s Bank of China ordered state banks to buy yuan, at designated rates on behalf of the monetary authorities, to stem the currency’s slide.

Market Abuse

Brokers Ask SEBI to Introduce Algorithmic Trading Controls

By Editors | 13/08/2015

Brokers have asked the Securities and Exchange Board of India to put in place a ‘risk layer’ framework to manage the interaction between participants and exchanges, in order to prevent stock manipulation by algorithmic traders.

Trading & Investment

Regulatory Initiatives Responsible for Declining Bond Market Liquidity

By Editors | 13/08/2015

The Global Financial Markets Association and the Institute for International Finance have released a new report from PwC on the state of global debt market liquidity, urging regulators to revisit parts of the post-financial crisis supervisory framework.