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Japan Financial Services Agency: Stewardship Code - 316 Institutional Investors Have Signed Up To The Principles For Responsible Institutional Investors As Of August 31, 2021

Date 15/09/2021

The Council of Experts Concerning the Japanese Version of the Stewardship Code (Chairman: Professor Hiroyuki Kansaku, University of Tokyo Graduate Schools for Law and Politics) published the Principles for Institutional Investors (Japan’s Stewardship Code, hereinafter referred to as "the Code") on February 26, 2014.

Shanghai Gold Exchange: Notification On Market Risk Control During The Mid-Autumn Festival In 2021

Date 15/09/2021

According to the holiday schedule of SGE, the market will be closed from September 18th (Saturday) to September 21st (Tuesday), the market will reopen on September 22nd (Wednesday), and there will be no night trading session on September 17th (Friday).

BNP Paribas Asset Management And Dynamic Credit Group Agree Partnership To Boost Private Debt Solutions

Date 15/09/2021

• BNP Paribas Asset Management (‘BNPP AM’) to acquire majority stake in Dynamic Credit Group (‘Dynamic Credit’), an Amsterdam-based asset manager and specialist lender with EUR 9 billion of assets under management.
• This deal will allow BNPP AM’s Private Debt & Real Assets investment division (‘PDRA’), currently managing EUR 11 billion of client commitments, to significantly grow its asset base, while providing Dynamic Credit with access to a large and global distribution network.

SGX And SET To Advance Partnership With Launch Of Thailand-Singapore DR Linkage

Date 15/09/2021

• Thailand-Singapore DR Linkage to advance ASEAN securities market cooperation via Depository Receipts
• Investors will enjoy ease of access to securities listed on either exchange, trading DRs through their usual broker arrangements and in their domestic currencies

Joint Statement By Monetary Authority Of Singapore And Securities And Exchange Commission Of Thailand - MAS And SEC Thailand Welcome The Launch Of The Thailand-Singapore DR Linkage

Date 15/09/2021

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Securities and Exchange Commission of Thailand (SEC Thailand) welcome the launch of the Thailand-Singapore Depositary Receipts (DR) Linkage by the Singapore Exchange (SGX) and the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET).

ASIC: Licensing And Professional Registration Activities: 2021 Update

Date 15/09/2021

ASIC’s Licensing and professional registration activities: 2021 update (Report 700) outlines key issues, new and proposed changes to our licensing processes, and other work we have undertaken that affects licensees.

Hong Kong Securities And Futures Commission Concludes Consultation On Anti-Money Laundering Guidelines

Date 15/09/2021

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) today released consultation conclusions on proposed amendments to its anti-money laundering and counter-financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) guidelines.

Coinbase Announces The Upsize And Pricing Of $2.0 Billion Of Senior Notes For General Corporate Purposes Including Product Development And Potential M&A

Date 15/09/2021

Coinbase Global, Inc. (“Coinbase”) (Nasdaq: COIN) today announced the pricing of $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of its 3.375% Senior Notes due 2028 (the “2028 notes”) and $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of its 3.625% Senior Notes due 2031 (the “2031 notes” and, together with the 2028 notes, the “notes”) in its previously announced private offering (the “offering”). The aggregate principal amount of the offering was increased from the previously announced offering size of $1.5 billion due to market interest. The offering is expected to close on September 17, 2021, subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

Comment On The 13th Anniversary Since Lehman Collapsed: Matt Smith, CEO, SteelEye

Date 14/09/2021

As the 13th anniversary of Lehman Brothers collapse approaches, Matt Smith, CEO of SteelEye, the regulatory compliance and data analytics firm, said: “Financial regulation has evolved enormously since Lehman’s collapsed, yet we still have a long way to go particularly as we embrace the realities of a post-COVID financial market. If we are to take steps to try and prevent another financial crisis of this scale, firms must first take control and ownership of the accuracy of their own data, so that regulators are granted full visibility.”

Regulatory Reporting Guidance For The ISDA 2021 Interest Rate Definitions

Date 14/09/2021

The ISDA 2021 Interest Rate Definitions will impact the regulatory reporting requirements for market participants. ISDA have produced a guidance on how reporting interest rate trades executed on 2006 Definitions will differ from reporting a trade using the 2021 Definitions. This guidance has been produced following discussions by the ISDA Data and Reporting EMEA Working Group on the affect the 2021 Definitions will have to reporting.