Global Perspectives

The UAE have introduced Multiple Investor Numbers (Multi-NIN) which now enable certain categories of investors to operate more than one investor number. As a result of this, investors are better able to manage their investment portfolios by segregating ownerships between their main NIN and additional NIN with the same or different custodians. Listen to the second edition of our MENATalks podcast as Rocio Echague, Head of Securities Services UAE, HSBC Bank Middle East Limited and Frankie Vaz, Senior Regional Product Manager MENAT, Securities Services, HSBC discuss this new market development.

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The New Omnibus Tax Law will come into effect on 2 August 2021 in Indonesia. Listen to Clarita Felicia Kurnia, Head of Tax, Securities Services Operations and Agusno Irawan, Head of Direct Custody and Clearing Client Services in HSBC Indonesia as they provide an overview on the new law and as well as share their custody related tax experiences in the Indonesia market.


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According to the IMF Regional Economic Outlook report, the outlook for the Middle East and Central Asia will vary significantly across countries, depending on the pandemic’s path, vaccine rollouts, underlying fragilities, exposure to tourism and contact-intensive sectors. Listen to Brian Godins, Regional Head of Asia Pacific & MENAT, Securities Services, HSBC, and Stuart Warner, Head of Banks & Broker Dealers Product Europe, MENAT & the Americas, Securities Services, HSBC, in the second edition of the MENATalks podcast as they discuss the economic outlook and investment landscape of the MENAT region.

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Asia is emerging as a leading region in environmental and social issues, where a vast majority of investors and issuers consider these topics as important or very important. Listen to Niccolo Polli, CEO of HSBC Luxembourg and Riccardo Millich, Asia- Europe Sales Lead, HSBC Luxembourg as they discuss the opportunities and implications of ESG investing in Asia.


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Legislating for the clearing and margining of derivatives trades has been a major undertaking for the world’s regulators since the 2008 financial crisis, with many new rules related to this topic having come into force in the intervening years. Henry Raschen, Director, Regulatory Outlook at HSBC’s Securities Services discusses the requirements and implications of UMR with Craig Cowe, Director, Collateral Product Management and Helen Baker, Director, Global Custody Product Management.


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The European Union’s proposed Digital Operational Resilience Regulation (DORA) focuses on risks stemming from reliance on Information and Communication Technology (ICT), particularly any specific characteristics of digital resilience, with emphasis on concentration risk in ICT. Listen to Henry Raschen, Director, Regulatory Outlook at HSBC’s Securities Services and Claire Harrop, Senior Associate in the Financial Institutions Group at Freshfields, discuss DORA’s content, progress and implications for financial firms now.


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The European Union’s proposed Markets in Cryptoassets Regulation (MiCA) aims to regulate many types of cryptoassets not already within MiFID, harmonising regulatory treatment, mitigating risks, and making the EU an attractive place for cryptoasset business to locate in.


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The transition period for the UK leaving the European Union (“Brexit”) ended on 31 December 2020. In the months before the transition period ended, the UK converted into law any existing EU regulations that had direct effect in the UK at the end of the transition period. During this “onshoring” process the UK in some cases made technical and other amendments to the legislation so that it would work in the UK after Brexit. EU Directives applying before 31 December 2020 already formed part of UK law, so did not need UK onshoring.


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Securities Lending and Borrowing (SLB) in India has experienced exponential growth in the past few years following initiatives undertaken by the Indian regulators to increase participation in the market. Listen to our experts as they share their insights on this rapidly evolving market.

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After the successful inclusion in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index last November, Kuwait is continuing its ambitious Market Development Program with the implementation of the new “Net Settlement” trade mechanism.


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The highly anticipated Investment Limited Partnership (ILP) revised framework is now in place in Ireland. This exciting development adds to Ireland’s suite of legal structures and offers a great option for private assets managers and investors eyeing Ireland as a hub for EU and International distribution. As an established domicile in the alternatives sector, the ILP will lead the way for Irelands growth in private asset funds.


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Listen to our webinar replay where we discover how asset managers deal with wide-scale industry transformation, how technology can improve distribution (“digital revolution”), what role service providers play and which new products are successful with European investors.


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HSBC was proud to be named Investment Bank of the Year for Sustainability in 2020. In this webinar replay, we bring together experts from across the business who deal with ESG and ETFs; discussing two of the biggest investment themes in the market in one place.


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Asset pooling has been one of the biggest trends over the last few years as European insurers have sought to improve investment performance, create operational efficiencies and reduce costs. The benefits are clear and proven. But what are the next steps for European insurers in respect of asset pooling?


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Listen to our webinar replay and join our panel of specialists discussing the launch of our reporting service that provides our Securities Services clients with independent measurement of how focused their listed asset investments are on environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) issues.


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Financial services firms – irrespective of whether they are banks, brokers, intermediaries, asset managers or asset owners – are seeing some postponements, but no real reduction in the volume, of regulatory change impacting their global businesses into 2021.


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Listen to our webinar replay where we examine the trends as asset managers seek to deal with the wide-scale industry transformation being driven by increased competitive rivalry in the form of passive management, regulatory oversight, individualisation of savings, “digital revolution” and a post COVID-19 landscape.


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In this webinar, our panel of experts will set out their view of the path ahead on the CSDR settlement discipline regime, explaining the current issues, and setting how they might be addressed.


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Our specialists from HSBC Securities Services and Global Markets discuss across 3 dimensions of the IBOR replacement challenge: intentions and views from regulators, the impact on the buy side and intermediaries and the impact on the sell side.


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Our specialists from HSBC Securities Services & Global Markets outline their views and explore whether or not ETFs have stood up to the ultimate stress-test brought about as a result of COVID-19.


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Our specialists from HSBC Securities Services (HSS) outline their views on the current international tax landscape for Asian portfolio investors. We share practical insights for temporary measures in light of Covid-19 to overcome some of these challenges.


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Listen to our webinar replay where HSBC Securities Services discuss the objectives of SRD2, the practical implications for issuers, intermediaries and asset owners and the key industry challenges being confronted ahead of regulatory compliance.


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Our webinar provides timely global market insights for EMEA portfolio investors in light of the Covid-19 challenges.


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Our 2020 Regulatory Outlook webinar explores some of the key regulatory developments that will shape the financial services industry in 2020 and beyond.


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The New Omnibus Tax Law will come into effect on 2 August 2021 in Indonesia. Listen to Clarita Felicia Kurnia, Head of Tax, Securities Services Operations and Agusno Irawan, Head of Direct Custody and Clearing Client Services in HSBC Indonesia as they provide an overview on the new law and as well as share their custody related tax experiences in the Indonesia market.


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