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    Securities / Derivatives

    First Commodity Exchange Licence Granted in Bangladesh

    By Ajoy K Das | 21/03/2024

    Chittagong Stock Exchange will establish Bangladesh’s first commodity exchange, initially offering cash-settled gold, cotton and crude oil derivatives contracts.

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    ESG / Sustainability

    ACMF Progresses Work on Sustainable Capital Markets Roadmap

    By Ranamita Chakraborty | 20/03/2024

    About 90% of the Roadmap will be complete within this year. A key achievement has been the development of Version 2 of the ASEAN Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance.

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    Capital / Liquidity

    Bangladesh Introduces Strict Measures Targeting Wilful Defaulters

    By Ajoy K Das | 14/03/2024

    Wilful defaulters will not be allowed to travel, secure trade licences, register companies, or serve as a director of any financial institution.

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    AML / KYC

    Use of AI for AML Could Lower Effectiveness: Report

    By Bradley Maclean | 14/03/2024

    A new report from NICE Actimize and Regulation Asia sheds light on APAC’s use of technology to fight financial crime.

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    Bangladesh Bank Sets Rules for Independent Directors of NBFIs

    By Ajoy K Das | 13/03/2024

    The central bank has set a maximum monthly salary limit and laid down minimum qualifications in terms of age, education, and professional experience.

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    Capital / Liquidity

    Bangladesh to Force At Least 10 Weak Banks into Mergers

    By Ajoy K Das | 12/03/2024

    Banks are asked to choose which banks they would prefer to merge with and make preparations accordingly.

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    Securities / Derivatives

    Vietnam Launches New Disclosure System at Hanoi Exchange

    By Editors | 11/03/2024

    The system has been initially implemented on the HNX. Once fully implemented, the same system will be established at HoSE.

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    Securities / Derivatives

    Vietnam: HoSE Commences Trial Run of New Trading System

    By Editors | 10/03/2024

    Deployment was initially planned for 2015, but the project has faced delays and setbacks, including the pandemic, extending the rollout to nearly ten years.

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    Bangladesh Bank Establishes Committee to Vet Bank CEO Nominees

    By Ajoy K Das | 07/03/2024

    Central bank to approve appointment of CEOs at banks only after receiving positive report from the committee Bangladesh Bank has […]

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    ESG / Sustainability

    Too Much Leeway Offered by Updated ASEAN Taxonomy

    By ESG Investor | 07/03/2024

    Second version of the voluntary guidance limits utility to investors by allowing companies and countries to “pick and choose”.

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