Securities / Derivatives

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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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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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