Securities / Derivatives

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    ESG / Sustainability

    New Zealand FMA Issues Draft Disclosure Guidance for CREs

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 22/07/2024

    The guidance describes how climate reporting entities should refer to climate statements in documents such as PDS and annual reports.

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    Fintech / Regtech

    Global IT Outage: ‘Significant Number’ of Affected Devices Back Online

    By Manesh Samtani | 22/07/2024

    NAB, CBA, SGX, LSE, Amex, Barclays, Macquarie Capital, and TD Bank were among those impacted, along with some Indian and Philippine banks.

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    Enforcement

    US SEC Sets Up Interagency Securities Council to Combat Fraud

    By Nithya Subramanian | 22/07/2024

    The objective of the new council is to strengthen collaboration between federal, state, and local agencies to protect investors from fraud.

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    Market Infrastructure

    HKEX to Allow Secondary Listings from UAE Stock Exchanges

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 22/07/2024

    Companies with primary listings at Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange and Dubai Financial Market can apply for a secondary listing in Hong Kong.

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    ESG / Sustainability

    Thai Stock Exchange to Update ESG Ratings Methodology

    By Editors | 21/07/2024

    The updated methodology will place “greater emphasis on publicly available information, reinforcing transparency and credibility in the assessment”.

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    ESG / Sustainability

    Japan FSA to Promote Earlier Issuance of Annual Reports

    By Editors | 20/07/2024

    The FSA will soon hold a market consultation on measures to encourage companies to issue annual reports early, as recommended by the ICGN.

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    Securities / Derivatives

    SEBI to Consult on Tighter Derivative Trading Rules Soon

    By Ajoy K Das | 20/07/2024

    SEBI is expected to adopt a two-stage approach for imposing tighter restrictions on derivatives trading.

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    Market Infrastructure

    FMSB Drafts Standard for Sharing Standard Settlement Instructions

    By Editors | 20/07/2024

    The draft standard aims to increase the adoption of electronic solutions for sharing SSIs and address errors and inefficiencies in current processes.

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    Fintech / Regtech

    FIA Issues Best Practices on Managing Automated Trading Risks

    By Editors | 19/07/2024

    New paper outlines practices on pre-trade risk management, exchange volatility control mechanisms, post-trade analysis and testing, among other areas.

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    Enforcement

    Ex-Goldman, Blackstone Analyst Sentenced for Insider Trading

    By Editors | 19/07/2024

    The former analyst passed MNPI to a friend and a family member who made a combined $400,000 in illegal profits.

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