The committee approves activating the initiative to facilitate the requirements for opening investment accounts.

Derivatives activity at all-time high as FX, commodities outperform STI constituent stocks, REITs boost securities market turnover

Chinese Depository Receipts (CDRs) are certificates issued by mainland China custodian banks, representing the listed shares that are deposited by foreign listed companies (Hong Kong companies included) in their local depositary banks. CDRs are listed on the A-share market in mainland China and are traded and settled in RMB by mainland China investors.

UBS Futures announced that it had completed the first domestic commodity futures transaction of China Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (QFII) and RMB Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (RQFII), and became the first futures company to support QFII to participate in the domestic commodity futures market.

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s securities markets regulator, has today updated its Questions and Answers (Q&As) on commodity derivatives topics under the MiFID II and MiFIR.

10 Chinese major financial regulators overview.

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) free trade agreement is becoming a key contributor to regional and global economic growth in the post-COVID-19 pandemic era, a Cambodian academic said.

On July 26, “Penghua Shenzhen Energy REIT”, the first infrastructure REITs in the clean energy field in China, was successfully listed on SZSE. It’s an embodiment of SZSE’s implementation of the “carbon peak and carbon neutrality” strategy of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council and the requirements of the 14th Five-year Plan. It is also a pragmatic measure of SZSE to give full play to the function of publicly offered REITs securitization, promote positive circulation of existing assets and new investments in the clean energy field, and support economic and social transformation and development.

The Abu Dhabi Blockchain and Virtual Assets Committee (ADBVAC) held its first meeting, under the chairmanship of Mohamed Ali Al Shorafa, Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development (ADDED) and Chairman Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA), to discuss strategy for blockchain and virtual assets, which is aligned with the Emirates economic strategy.

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and the Cambodia-China Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA), which both took effect earlier this year, have significantly contributed to boosting Cambodia's economic recovery, a senior official has said.

Singapore Exchange (SGX Group) today released its market statistics for July 2022. Growth in iron ore trading activity lifted commodity derivatives volume to a four-month high, while secondary fundraising increased despite challenging market conditions.

As a new channel for foreign trade, cross-border e-commerce is injecting fresh impetus into China-Africa trade, bringing popularity to more and more African commodities in the Chinese market.