Trading & Investment

Trading & Investment

Investment Data Management – Out of the Regulatory Shadow and Into the Business Spotlight

By Editors | 30/05/2014

Investment data is the basis for every investment decision, financial transaction and client communication – understand, harness and unleash it.

Structural Regulation

Australian Regulator to Facilitate Securities Offer by Foreign Firms

By Editors | 30/05/2014

The Australian regulator released a consultation paper proposing class order relief and guidance for foreign companies offering CHESS Depositary Interests over their shares to investors in Australia.

Market Abuse

S. Korea Regulator Charges US Traders over Illegal Algorithmic Trading

By Editors | 30/05/2014

The South Korean financial regulator has filed criminal charges against a U.S.-based trading company and four of its dealers for making illegal gains through price rigging.

Structural Regulation

China to Revitalize SMEs Amid Economic Slowdown

By Editors | 28/05/2014

China plans to revitalize the country’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) through tax cuts, access to loans other financial incentives in a bid to boost overall economic growth.

Trading & Investment

India’s SEBI Probing Mutual Fund Houses for Regulatory Breach

By Editors | 27/05/2014

Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India has found large-scale violations in several schemes of select mutual fund houses where norms regarding minimum 20 investors and maximum 25% single investor exposure have been breached repeatedly.

Market Abuse

Hong Kong Exchanges Vows to Fight Class Action Lawsuit on Zinc

By Editors | 27/05/2014

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing said it will “vigorously” contest a class action alleging it engaged in anti-competitive behaviour that distorted the price of zinc.

Payments & Settlements

Hong Kong, Australia Seek to Boost RMB Trade

By Editors | 23/05/2014

A group of senior representatives from Hong Kong and Australian banks met to review developments in the Renminbi (RMB) business and consider ways to strengthen RMB products and services, with a view to facilitating greater participation of corporates and other customers in the RMB market.

Structural Regulation

Myanmar Sees Delay in Stock Exchange Launch

By Editors | 23/05/2014

The opening of a stock exchange in Myanmar may be delayed due to difficulty in recruiting skilled people for jobs at the exchange and finding companies that could qualify to list on the market.

Trading & Investment

New Zealand Regulator Sees Improving Confidence in Financial Markets

By Editors | 20/05/2014

A survey by the Financial Markets Authority has found more people are confident in New Zealand’s financial markets, but half are still unsatisfied with investment material companies give clients.