Japan

    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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