Asia-Pacific News
The latest industry and regulatory news affecting the Asia-Pacific region.
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Q&A: China Futures and Derivatives Law
On a recent FIA webinar, legal experts at Linklaters and Zhao Sheng addressed questions on clearing, licensing, and the extra-territorial implications of China’s Futures and Derivatives Law
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FIA responds to HKEX consultation on position limits and open position reporting requirements
FIA has responded to Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing’s consultation on proposed changes of position limits and large open position reporting requirements.
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China's FDL - Overview and Insights
In this webinar on 22 June, we invited Linklaters Zhao Sheng to provide a regulatory overview of China’s futures market and this new law.
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FIA responds to SFC consultation on Position Limit Regime changes
FIA has responded to the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission’s consultation on changes to the Position Limit Regime. The response acknowledges that greater transparency can benefit the industry but stresses that benefits should be commensurate with the resources needed to meet these requirements.
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The Road Ahead for Operations
The complexity of the current operational environment, consisting of various platforms, has created challenges for the industry. As trading volumes surged with increased market volatility, stress to the infrastructure added to the operational risks. What is the current landscape in the Asia-Pacific region?
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Industry Trends: The Future of Digital Assets and Sustainability
Over the past two years, the Asia-Pacific region has been significantly impacted by the global pandemic. This has led to several innovative solutions and products to maintain the growth trajectory in the region over the past decade.
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FIA responds to ASX Consultation on proposed changes to the ASX Recovery Rules
On 11 February, ASX issued its “Consultation on proposed changes to the ASX Recovery Rules to allocate US settlement bank investment losses between the ASX CCPs and their clearing participants”. The propose changes seek to address the increased investment exposure of clearing members to US settlement banks due to the inclusion of variation margin exposures in ASX Clear (Futures) overnight (2 a.m.) margin calls.
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Commentary – The morphing US treatment of the Kospi 200 Futures
Transformations in underlying index related to the weighting of Samsung Electronics have created regulatory complications, legal experts write.
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FIA responds to proposed updated IOSCO commodities principles
FIA has filed a response to a consultation report on principles for the regulation of commodity derivatives from the Board of International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO). The report, published in November 2021, aimed to reflect changes and developments in commodities derivatives markets since the publication of the existing IOSCO Principles for the Regulation and Supervision of Commodity Derivatives in 2011.
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FIA submits comments to the HKEX Consultation Paper on Holiday Trading in the Derivatives Market
On 3 December 2021, FIA responded to proposals set out in the “Derivatives Holiday Trading” consultation paper issued by Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) in November 2021.
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