All posts tagged "margin financing"
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656FeatureSC, Bursa Malaysia Ease Margin Financing Rules for Brokers
Brokers are no longer required to liquidate client holdings, make margin calls, or impose haircuts on collateral if client equity balances fall below 130%.
March 27, 2020 -
328ChinaCSRC Lifts Citadel Securities’ 4-Year Trading Suspension
Citadel Securities has agreed to pay almost $100mn to settle charges that its algorithmic trading disrupted the market during the 2015 market correction.
January 21, 2020 -
475Capital RegulationSFC Offers Additional Guidance on New Margin Financing Rules
New FAQs make clear that deviations from the new rules after 4 October will not automatically be seen as noncompliance or result in disciplinary action.
October 2, 2019 -
437China
China Relaxes ‘One Size Fits All’ Margin Financing Rules
Brokerage firms can set lower thresholds before margin calls need to be initiated, and can accept additional forms of collateral to make up any shortfalls.
August 12, 2019 -
755Enforcement
Complex Group Arrangements Compound Margin Financing Risks: SFC
Deputy chief Julia Leung says the SFC is concerned that brokers are using complex trading arrangements to circumvent regulatory oversight, among other supervisory priorities.
June 19, 2019 -
1.1KHong Kong
SFC Directs Prime Brokers on Regulatory Obligations
If prime services are carried out in Hong Kong, prime brokers are expected to comply with Hong Kong rules and regulations regardless of where the risk positions are booked.
June 11, 2019 -
631UncategorisedHKMA, SFC Find Opaque Financing Practices at Mainland Owned Banking Group
Coordinated inspections found that a licensed corporation owned by a subsidiary as well as a bank within a Mainland-based group had adopted “complex, opaque financing arrangements”.
April 25, 2019 -
502China
CSRC Bars Brokers from Facilitating ‘Shadow’ Margin Financing
The CSRC is prohibiting brokers from any business that could facilitate informal margin financing, which it has flagged as a potential source of risk.
March 14, 2019 -
668Hong KongHong Kong SFC Proposes New Rules For Securities Margin Financing
The regulator has launched a two-month consultation around stronger risk management standards to govern securities margin financing.
August 20, 2018 -
443Hong Kong
SFC Warns Against Disguised Margin Financing
Suspected margin financing arrangements involve unlicensed affiliates of licensed corporations or third parties who appear to be engaging in securities margin financing without an SFC licence in order to circumvent regulatory requirements.
August 6, 2018
