Retail investors
Australia Big Four face A$37bn capital revamp
Apra phase-out of AT1 instruments will force banks to restructure hybrid capital by 2032
Foreign funds are bulls in China’s onshore commodity futures
Growing participation from overseas investors is boosting liquidity in what’s already a boom market
Robinhood buys Marex FCM as futures entry takes shape
Retail broking giant follows WeBull into futures market
Op risk data: Lloyds lurches over £450m motor finance speed bump
Also: JPM trips up on trade surveillance; Reg Best Interest starts to bite. Data by ORX News
Investors say new SEC disclosures may sit on shelf
Advisory committee questions value of rule 605 changes, even for retail investors
Swiss autocalls ‘10% away from disaster’ as Roche shares slide
Popular ‘worst-of’ products flirt with downside barriers, but issuers see no cause for hedge alarm
Court showdown looms for SEC private adviser rules
Legal victory for the regulator would establish new powers of prohibition, critics claim
Token effort is no blockchain boon for illiquid assets
Cash-like tokenised instruments find takers; initiatives based on less liquid assets struggle to take off
Industry fears burden of SEC’s giant equity market makeover
Even buy-side representatives warn the impact of retail order auctions is unpredictable
FTX’s Mifid licence exposes Europe’s regulatory gaps
Could Cyprus have spotted the warning signs before handing FTX the keys to European customers?
French resolution may lead EU to adopt US-style rules for PFOF
German and Czech proposals would also put kibosh on commission’s mooted ban on the practice
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Bearish equities dampen China A-share warrants launch
Hong Kong warrants investors “will take time” to warm to new product, dealers say
Terrance Odean on the $2.8bn catch in zero-commission trading
Berkeley professor’s research on the true cost of retail trading has caught the eye of regulators
It’s amateur hour: how retail traders upended options market
Cutting-edge data shows non-professionals are driven by news events and desire to make a quick buck
EU crypto rules would allow terra, just not as a stablecoin
Final laws set to prevent algorithmic coins from styling themselves as “stable”, says insider
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