SECURITIES / DERIVATIVES

Securities / Derivatives

CFTC Grants No-Action Relief to KRX for KOSPI 200 Futures

By Manesh Samtani | 06/02/2025

Relief is provided until KOSPI 200 is certified as broad-based. The index has shifted between the narrow-based and broad-based classifications several times.

Securities / Derivatives

Malaysia: BR Capital to Expand Market Access for KOPETRO Members

By Nithya Subramanian | 06/02/2025

KOPETRO’s 15,000 members, who are all employees and retirees of PETRONAS and its subsidiaries, will gain greater access to fixed income investments through BR Capital

ESG / Sustainability

Japan FSA Tightens Shareholding Disclosure Requirements

By Thisanka Siripala | 05/02/2025

The rules will require companies to disclose more detailed information in annual securities reports regarding changes to the purpose for holding shares

Enforcement

JPX Cuts Pay of Top Executives Over Insider Trading Case

By Thisanka Siripala | 05/02/2025

JPX also released a report prepared by an independent directors’ investigation committee, which described the insider trading case as “unprecedented”​

Securities / Derivatives

SFC to Resume Collecting Annual Licensing Fees in April

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 05/02/2025

The SFC has fully waived the annual licensing fees for 11 of the last 15 years. The waiver will be allowed to end in March 2025.

Securities / Derivatives

SEBI Proposes Mandatory Digital Assurance Reporting for Companies

By Nithya Subramanian | 05/02/2025

The proposal aims to enhance transparency, strengthen disclosure standards, and strengthen enforcement mechanisms, SEBI said.

Fintech / Regtech

JPX to Enhance Access to Financial Market Data

By Thisanka Siripala | 05/02/2025

The JPX Research Institute will integrate its new J-LAKE data platform with Snowflake’s AI data cloud infrastructure.

Securities / Derivatives

Korea to Formalise Regulations for Fractional Investment Platforms

By Manesh Samtani | 05/02/2025

Additional regulatory revisions will add ETFs and ETNs to the list of tradable instruments on ATS, and implement improvements to the IPO underwriting process

Fintech / Regtech

SEBI Proposes to Assign Unique UPI Handles for Securities Market

By Nithya Subramanian | 04/02/2025

Assigning unique UPI handles to SEBI-registered market intermediaries will allow investors to verify that their payments are going to authorised entities