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  • Two important policy developments in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone (FTZ) are set to revolutionise the way in which entities based there can raise funds and transfer them.
  • Overall interest rate derivatives trading that was reported to swap data repositories last week decreased by 36% from the previous week, according to data from the International Swaps and Derivatives Association.
  • The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has decided to reject a proposal that would require large foreign subsidiaries of Australian authorised deposit-taking institutions and Australian financial services licence holders to report their over-the-counter transactions to data repositories.
  • Ever since the launch of the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect initiative on November 17 last year, there has been market chatter about setting up a similar Through Train to connect debt markets. This week saw Charles Li, the chief executive of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEx), confirm this intention at a media event, but market participants warn that doing so will not be as easy as simply copying the Stock Connect model.
  • In this round-up, South Korea’s RMB deposits dropped 2.6% in January, Hong Kong RMB clearing activity fell by 8.6%, Xinjiang is set to boost cross border RMB business with Pakistan, and Thailand looks to allow RMB settlement for the trading in local securities.
  • Standard Chartered reckons the renminbi is poised to take on the yen this year to become the fourth most used payment currency worldwide, after reaching fifth position in December.