By Maria Korolov and Lei Li •  August 7, 2009  •  Securities Industry News  •  530 words

South Korea’s regulators have taken steps to make it easier for foreigners to invest in the government bond market, but more reforms are needed, according to the Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association.
“The government regulated that foreign investors need to provide official home country tax residency certificates to get withholding tax elimination,” Nicholas de… Read the rest

By Maria Korolov and Lei Li •  August 5, 2009  •  Securities Industry News  •  575 words

India’s Delhi Stock Exchange (DSE) plans to reopen in October, with a planned daily trading volume of about $105,000, the exchange announced yesterday.
The exchange, which was incorporated in 1947, closed in 2002. The market once connected fifty cities, but became a victim of technological progress. Computerized trading introduced by a new National Stock Exchange… Read the rest