Trading & Investment

Trading & Investment

The Growing Competition Between Asset Management Centres

By Peter Guy | 01/09/2014

Evolving regulations between Europe’s UCITS and Asia’s new regional system are creating parallel global regime.

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India’s SEBI to Reserve 25% of IPO for Mutual Funds, Insurers

By Editors | 01/09/2014

The Securities and Exchange Board of India plans to make it mandatory for issuers to reserve 25% of an initial public offering for domestic mutual funds and insurers.

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Hong Kong to Hold Roadshow for First Sukuk Offering

By Editors | 28/08/2014

The Hong Kong government will hold investor meetings from next week for its first Islamic bond issue.

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Taiwan to Relaunch Non-Deliverable Forward Forex Market

By Editors | 27/08/2014

Taiwan plans to reopen its non deliverable forward (NDF) foreign exchange market in phases after the country closed this down the for the New Taiwan dollar in 1998.

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Singapore to Cut Board Lot Size of Stocks in January

By Editors | 26/08/2014

Singapore Exchange will reduce the standard board lot size of securities listed on SGX from 1,000 to 100 units from January 19 next year in order to make investing more affordable to retail investors.

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ASEAN Launches Collective Investment Scheme

By Editors | 26/08/2014

Singapore-based fund managers can now offer their funds directly to investors in Malaysia and Thailand under a streamlined authorization process following the launch of the ASEAN Collective Investment Scheme (CIS).

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Hong Kong-Shanghai Stock Scheme Faces Tax, Quota Issues

By Editors | 26/08/2014

The stock market trading scheme between Hong Kong and Shanghai could be derailed by unclear tax policies and daily quotas that discourage foreign institutional investors to take part in the initiative.

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Japan Regulator Plans to Allow Crowdfunding

By Editors | 23/08/2014

The Financial Services Agency plans to allow businesses to procure small amounts of funding from the general public by issuing shares online.

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Taiwan Plans Cross-Border Stock Trading with Japan

By Editors | 22/08/2014

Taiwan will study the possibility of launching a cross-border stock trading scheme with Japan in a bid to boost internationalization of the local bourse, said the country’s top financial regulator.