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Market Abuse
SEBI Seizes Records from Market Manipulators in 4 States
14/03/2022
Individuals and entities were operating Telegram channels to encourage investors to deal in listed stocks, thereby creating “artificial volume and price rise”.
Trading & Investment
Bangladesh Adjusts Circuit Breaker to Prevent Stock Market Losses
14/03/2022
Trading to be halted if a listed company loses 2% in value. BSEC also urging banks to make fresh investments in the stock market.
PEPs & Sanctions
G7 to Downgrade Russia Trade Status, Close Sanctions Loopholes
13/03/2022
US bans more Russian trade. G7 pledges to close national-level loopholes that could enable sanctions evasion via crypto-assets, among other commitments.
PEPs & Sanctions
Japan Crypto Industry Set to Adopt Travel Rule
13/03/2022
The travel rule will increase transparency on the individuals and entities crypto exchanges deal with, as the government seeks to prevent sanctions evasion.
Custody & Infrastructure
Paxos, Sygnum to Offer Digital Asset Services in Singapore
11/03/2022
Paxos will gain a DPT licence under the Payment Services Act. Sygnum will provide fund unit tokenisation and securitise NFTs and metaverse assets.
Payments & Settlements
SEBI Raises Limit for Debt Investments via UPI Mechanism
11/03/2022
The limit for investments in debt securities via the UPI mechanism is being increased from INR 200,000 to INR 500,000, effective 1 May 2022.
Structural Regulation
UPDATED – US LIBOR Legislation Advances in Omnibus Bill
11/03/2022
The bill is based on legislation that passed the House in December, and is similar to a law enacted by New York state and others in the past year.
Trading & Investment
HKEX to Launch Derivatives Holiday Trading on 9 May
11/03/2022
The first suite of products to be added to Derivatives Holiday Trading will be all MSCI futures and options contracts.
Payments & Settlements
Taiwan FSC Approves Relaxations on OBU Account Use
10/03/2022
Companies are given greater flexibility to open and use offshore banking unit accounts held with domestic banks to take out foreign currency loans.
Structural Regulation
ASX Proposes New Fee Model for Issuer Services
10/03/2022
The new fee model is intended to be simpler and provide greater certainty to issuers about ASX charges for issuer services.
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