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Reporting & Disclosures
Japan FSA Drafts Indicators to Assess Social Projects
By Editors | 02/06/2022
A draft set of indicators have been published which issuers can use to help them assess the social impacts of projects financed with social bonds.
CBDCs
BOJ Releases Phase One Findings from CBDC Testing
By Editors | 01/06/2022
Phase one of CBDC experimentation was conducted from April 2021 to March 2022. The BOJ tested three CBDC ledger design alternatives.
Trading & Investment
Japan FSA Revises Rules on Best Execution Policy
By Editors | 28/05/2022
Securities firms are required to provide customers with easy-to-understand descriptions of their best execution policy.
Custody & Infrastructure
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust to Establish Crypto Custody Company
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 25/05/2022
The new company will be a joint venture between Japanese crypto exchange Bitbank and hold digital assets for institutional investors.
Structural Regulation
Japan FSA Proposes Revisions to Derivatives Reporting Rules
By Manesh Samtani | 19/05/2022
The FSA is looking to implement the data requirements specified by CPMI-IOSCO’s CDE Technical Guidance “as much as possible”.
Cryptocurrency
Nomura to Establish New Subsidiary Dedicated to Digital Assets
By Editors | 18/05/2022
The new subsidiary will combine digital asset services under a single entity that will have about 100 staff by end-2024.
Sustainable Finance
Tokyo Bourse to Pilot Carbon Market in September
By Editors | 17/05/2022
The TSE has been commissioned to develop Japan’s first carbon credits market. Full-scale operations will be launched in FY2023-2024.
Market Data & Technology
JPX to Provide Real-time Calculation of New Market Indices
By Editors | 11/05/2022
Three indices launched last month under the TSE’s new market structure will be calculated every 15 seconds instead of the current once-a-day calculation.
Credit Risk
Japan FSA Issues Guidance on Preventing Archegos-style Incidents
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 24/04/2022
Firms with securities businesses are expected to draw lessons from the shortcomings observed in the Archegos incident in order to foster a sound risk culture.
Market Risk
BOJ Conducts Further Consecutive Unlimited Bond Buying
By Editors | 21/04/2022
Yields have stayed close to the upper limit of the BOJ’s tolerated trading band despite recent moves to boost its purchases of government bonds.
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