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Securities / Derivatives
TWSE to Lower Listing Requirements for Innovation Board
By Editors | 02/10/2022
The Taiwan Innovation Board was launched in July last year to cater to innovative startups, but has seen only one listing so far.
Market Infrastructure
ESMA Calls for Greater Use of €STR in Derivatives
By Editors | 02/10/2022
Further develop of €STR products will provide the inputs needed to enable the calculation and provision of €STR term rates, ESMA says.
Enforcement
Enhanced Penalties for Data Breaches Take Effect in Singapore
By Editors | 02/10/2022
Organisations with annual turnover exceeding S$10mn are liable for penalties for data breaches worth up to 10% of annual turnover.
ESG / Sustainability
Singapore Exchange Launches Battery Metal Futures
By Editors | 02/10/2022
Contracts were launched in battery-grade lithium carbonate; lithium hydroxide; cobalt metal; and cobalt hydroxide.
Securities / Derivatives
SWIFT Launching New Service to Reduce Settlement Fails
By Editors | 02/10/2022
The service will use UTIs to enable automated tracking of both sides of the transaction by all market participants involved.
Capital / Liquidity
RBNZ Seeks Feedback on Risk Weighting Requirements
By Editors | 02/10/2022
The proposed changes are designed to clarify risk weighting requirements under the RBNZ’s bank capital adequacy rules.
Crypto / Digital Assets
Korean National Assembly to Question Crypto Execs on Terra
By Editors | 02/10/2022
TerraForm Labs accuses Korean prosecutors of overreach. Luna Foundation Guard money allegedly transferred overseas.
ESG / Sustainability
ISDA Analyses Regulatory Treatment of SLDs in Hong Kong
By Editors | 02/10/2022
The paper considers how SLDs would be classified and regulated, and the compliance issues for market participants to consider when executing SLDs.
Crypto / Digital Assets
IMF Calls for Global Coordination on Stablecoin Regulation
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 01/10/2022
In markets where risks are growing quickly, authorities should take immediate action, including by introducing targeted measures to “slow down stablecoin adoption”.
AML / KYC
US Sanctions Asia Firms for Facilitating Iranian Oil Sales
By Editors | 01/10/2022
The US designated companies based in China, the UAE, Hong Kong and India. Separately, Canada plans to sanction Iran’s “morality police”.
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