Trading & Investment

Market Abuse

Hong Kong’s SFC Says Will Be On Guard for Market Manipulation

By Editors | 12/05/2015

Securities and Futures Commission would watch market activity closely to ensure against market manipulation amid a surge in trading volume.

Structural Regulation

India Appeases Foreign Investors as Government Moves to Resolve Tax Row

By Editors | 07/05/2015

India is setting up a panel that will suggest ways to resolve disputes arising from the country’s imposition of the minimum alternate tax (MAT), a levy imposed on years-old capital gains of foreign companies.

Trading & Investment

China Increases Foreign Access to Domestic Bond Market

By Editors | 07/05/2015

China moves towards liberalising its domestic capital markets by allowing a group of foreign institutions to invest in its domestic bond market.

Structural Regulation

Taiwan to Update Bank Merger Policy in May

By Editors | 06/05/2015

Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission said it will update a policy that will promote mergers in the domestic banking industry.

Structural Regulation

ASIC Repeals Certain Market Integrity Rules

By Editors | 04/05/2015

Australian Investments & Securities Commission has refined its market integrity rules by removing certain unnecessary compliance requirements on market participants.

Trading & Investment

Dollar Spikes Reflect ‘Normal Market’, Says ASIC in Preliminary Report

By Editors | 03/05/2015

Spikes in the Australian dollar ahead of Reserve Bank interest rates decisions were the result of lower liquidity in the market before announcements are made, Australian Securities & Investments Commission said in a preliminary finding.

Trading & Investment

Hong Kong in Talks with Taiwan on Potential Cross-Border Stock Link

By Editors | 30/04/2015

Hong Kong’s stock exchange is exploring the possibility of opening direct stock trade links with Taiwan, says its chairman, adding that it held initial talks with Taipei about a potential cross-border share trade.

Structural Regulation

Local Exchanges Listing in India Faces Delay Ahead of SEBI-FMC Merger

By Editors | 29/04/2015

A plan to merge India’s capital market watchdog with the country’s commodity market regulator could put the listing of local exchanges such as the Bombay Stock Exchange on hold for at least six months.

Structural Regulation

China Regulator Increases Pace of IPO Approvals, Denies Tax Rumours

By Editors | 24/04/2015

The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) said it will review and approve two batches of initial share sale listing applications each month, up from one previously, increasing the pace of new listing in the country.