Market Infrastructure

Market Infrastructure

China Considers Authorising Foreign Firms as ETF Market Makers

By Editors | 17/04/2025

The escalating trade war with US this year could delay China officially authorising US firms to participate in ETF market making.

Securities / Derivatives

LME Approves First Four Warehouse Facilities in Hong Kong

By Manesh Samtani | 17/04/2025

Hong Kong’s Christopher Hui said the establishment of LME-approved warehouses will promote the development of the futures market.

Market Infrastructure

India Proposes to Enhance Rules for Fast-Track Mergers

By Nithya Subramanian | 16/04/2025

The changes will allow fast-track mergers for certain unlisted companies and provide more flexibility for intra-group restructuring.

Market Infrastructure

FSB Finalises Common Format for Cyber Incident Reporting

By Manesh Samtani | 16/04/2025

FIRE is a standardised and adaptable format developed to enhance the efficiency and consistency of cyber and operational incident reporting.

Big Picture

BIS Paper Proposes Standardised Model to Describe Payment System Architectures

By Manesh Samtani | 15/04/2025

The authors therefore propose a formally defined model to represent three key functions of payment system architectures

Market Infrastructure

Indonesia Stock Exchange Tightens Circuit Breaker Mechanism

By Manesh Samtani | 14/04/2025

IDX also tightened its auto-rejection rule for share transactions so that sell orders are automatically rejected if a stock falls by 15%.

Market Infrastructure

SEBI Standardises System Audit Reports for MIIs

By Nithya Subramanian | 14/04/2025

The new reporting structure aims to enhance audit consistency, improve regulatory oversight, and streamline compliance monitoring across MIIs.

Market Infrastructure

PBOC Directs Banks to Refrain from Purchasing US Dollar

By Editors | 11/04/2025

The PBOC is not expected to resort to yuan devaluation to soften the blow from US tariffs, but it may pursue modest depreciation to help exports.

AML / KYC

HKMA Announces New Measures to Combat Financial Crime

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 11/04/2025

HKMA, HKPF and HKAB have jointly announced new measures to strengthen the response to fraud and money laundering.