Managers attack regulator over Sifi; Japan implements corporate governance rules; SFC confirms Hanergy probe; BNP fined over cross trades; Australia reforms investment rules; and Korea eyes electronic securities.
Tag : tokyo stock exchange
HK SFC sees expenditure grow; report on regulations' potential impact on ETFs; India's Sebi tackles fund rule breaches, asks for pension reform; and Myanmar's bourse is delayed.
![AsianInvestor's regulatory roundup, May 29](https://cdn.i.haymarketmedia.asia/?n=asian-investor%2Fcontent%2F20140319014155_crn-gavel-2.jpg&c=1&h=194&q=100&v=20254016&w=344)
A proposed exemption on users of proprietary trading systems (PTS) from a mandatory takeover rule is expected to drive market fragmentation.
![Japan's alt trading venues set for buy-side influx](https://cdn.i.haymarketmedia.asia/?n=asian-investor%2Fcontent%2Fcomputer%20laptop%20security%20generic.jpg&c=1&h=194&q=100&v=20254016&w=344)
Market participants see the announced plan to build network links as a gesture of Tokyo’s desire to keep up with global exchange wheeling and dealing.
![TSE link with NYSE Euronext heralds strategic shift, but to what?](https://cdn.i.haymarketmedia.asia/?n=asian-investor%2Fcontent%2F20110303071719_images.jpg&c=1&h=194&q=100&v=20254016&w=344)
The Tokyo Stock Exchange's new Arrowhead platform is allowing much faster and cheaper trading and thus enticing more hedge funds into the market.
![Japanese trading costs fall by a third in January](https://cdn.i.haymarketmedia.asia/?n=asian-investor%2Fcontent%2FRobertHogancropped.jpg&c=1&h=194&q=100&v=20254016&w=344)