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Crypto / Digital Assets
Capital Markets Regulators Committed to Innovating With Tokenisation
By Nithya Subramanian | 02/05/2024
The UK FCA’s Rupert Harrison and Thai SEC’s Kris Tontipiromya discussed their tokenisation work at the recent Digital Assets Asia 2024.

Capital / Liquidity
PBOC Directs Banks to Cut Exposures to Long Duration Bonds
By Editors | 01/05/2024
The PBOC sees a mismatch between market prices and the economic outlook, and is trying to prevent further downward pressure on the yuan.

Capital / Liquidity
BCBS Proposes Counterparty Credit Risk Management Guidelines
By Editors | 01/05/2024
The guidelines seek to address weaknesses in CCR management, as demonstrated in the Archegos failure and other recent episodes of NBFI distress.

Securities / Derivatives
SEBI Enables AIFs to Better Support Infrastructure Projects
By Ajoy K Das | 01/05/2024
AIFs are now allowed to pledge equity shares of investee companies in the infrastructure sector to enable them to obtain project finance.

ESG / Sustainability
Common Green Fund Rules Remain Distant Dream
By ESG Investor | 01/05/2024
Investors call for greater clarity and certainty on regulatory expectations around sustainable finance disclosures.

Securities / Derivatives
SEBI Approves Stricter Rules to Target Front-running in AMCs
By Ajoy K Das | 01/05/2024
AMCs must establish a “structured” institutional mechanism to identify and monitor for front running, insider trading, and misuse of sensitive information.

AML / KYC
India: AMFI in Talks with SEBI to Resolve Mutual Fund KYC Logjam
By Ajoy K Das | 01/05/2024
New KYC validation process is preventing mutual fund investors from undertaking new mutual fund transactions, including redemptions.

Securities / Derivatives
New OTC Derivatives Reporting Regime Goes Live in the EU
By Manesh Samtani | 01/05/2024
The EU EMIR Refit represents a significant step towards a more robust and transparent derivatives market, DTCC said.

Securities / Derivatives
SEBI to Allow Lower Face Value of Privately-placed Debt Securities
By Manesh Samtani | 30/04/2024
The lower face value will be optional for issuers of privately-placed non-convertible debentures and non-convertible redeemable preference shares.

ESG / Sustainability
ICMA, IsDB and LSEG Release Guidance on Sustainable Sukuk
By Nithya Subramanian | 30/04/2024
With the sustainable sukuk market already growing, the new guidance will attract more investors and raise more capital towards the SDGs.
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