Securities / Derivatives

Securities / Derivatives

China Doubles QFII Quota to Boost Foreign Investment

By Editors | 15/01/2019

China will double the quota from the current $150bn, despite having only granted $101.1bn in quotas to foreign investors as of December.

Securities / Derivatives

MAS Announces Grant to Support Stock Listings, Equity Research

By Editors | 15/01/2019

The Grant for Equity Market Singapore, or GEMS, will launch in February, offering funding to facilitate SGX listings and develop the local equity research ecosystem.

Big Picture

APAC Capital Markets Set for Rapid Growth in Coming Decade

By Manesh Samtani | 14/01/2019

New report from GFMA and New Financial offers policy recommendations to support the growth of deeper and more effective capital markets.

Securities / Derivatives

What ASIC’s New Product Intervention Powers Will Mean

By Melody Gao | 11/01/2019

Melody Gao at Sydney-based financial services consultancy firm Sophie Grace explains the implications of a bill to impose new design and distribution obligations on issuers and grant ASIC product intervention powers.

Market Infrastructure

Citi to Divest Stake in Mainland Securities Joint Venture

By Editors | 10/01/2019

Citi is looking to form its own majority-owned securities joint venture in China following new rules allowing foreign firms to acquire controlling stakes in such partnerships.

Securities / Derivatives

Bursa Malaysia Introduces New Trading Features

By Editors | 09/01/2019

The exchange has introduced market order at pre-closing, on-open orders, on-close orders, iceberg orders and one-cancel-other orders.

Enforcement

China Securities Regulator Breaks Record with 2018 Penalties

By Editors | 08/01/2019

The CSRC imposed fines of over $1.55bn in 2018, with the largest number of cases relating to insider trading, illegal disclosures and market manipulation.

Securities / Derivatives

SEBI Instructs Brokers, Depository Participants to Report on AI, ML Systems

By Editors | 07/01/2019

Stock brokers and depository participants will have to report information on systems based on artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Securities / Derivatives

Hong Kong SFC Launches New Online Submission Portal

By Editors | 07/01/2019

All functions and submission services available on the existing SFC Online Portal will be migrated to the new platform in phases.