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TREE NEWS reports: China’s 10-year government bond yield fell to 1.64% as of October 14, near a record low, as long-dated bond trading heated up this week. Several brokerages and banks received targeted reminders from regulators demanding stronger risk management on bond investments. Market participants expect the central bank may take macroprudential measures against institutions with aggressive trading behavior.

TREE NEWS reports: Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee member Greene said the UK budget could have a significant impact on the outlook for spare capacity in the economy. The remark points to how fiscal decisions feed into the central bank’s assessment of slack and, in turn, its monetary policy stance.

TREE NEWS update: China’s Commerce Ministry spokesperson He Yadong said on the 15th that Beijing is willing to keep facilitating rare earth export licence approvals for the European Union, and expects the EU to reciprocate on key dual-use licensing cases involving China. He said the two sides will keep using their export-control dialogue mechanism to promote bilateral trade in dual-use items.

TREE NEWS update: China’s Cyberspace Administration, the Ministry of Veterans Affairs, and two Central Military Commission departments will launch a nationwide two-month campaign starting October 2026 to crack down on improper military-related marketing and hype online. The campaign targets website accounts that misuse the names of veterans and military families to mislead the public, and will publicize typical cases.

TREE NEWS update: South Korea’s Financial Services Commission convened an emergency meeting on the stock market, the regulator said. The session was called to address conditions in the country’s equity market. No further details on the agenda, participants or any measures discussed were disclosed.

TREE NEWS update: Shenzhen issued implementation rules for its commodity housing sales system, allowing developers to sign deposit contracts for completed projects that have obtained construction permits for the main structure. Deposits are generally capped at 3% of the total purchase price, and contracts must specify the amount, price, delivery date and liability for non-performance. If a developer fails to deliver on time, buyers may terminate the contract and the developer must refund the deposit and bear liability.

TREE NEWS update: South Korea is proposing stricter cybersecurity assessments for financial firms after a government review found security deficiencies at 130 institutions, including banks and crypto companies. The overhaul follows a series of attacks that hit both banking and digital-asset businesses. No timeline or scope for the new rules was given in the review’s findings.

TREE NEWS update: China’s first cross-border centralized trading of green electricity certificates (GECs) was completed in Guangzhou on October 14, with about 100,000 certificates traded, corresponding to nearly 100 million kWh of renewable energy. The transaction marks the large-scale entry of China’s renewable energy certificates into the Hong Kong market, opening a channel between the mainland GEC market and Hong Kong’s international green finance market.

TREE NEWS update: Zhang Yue, deputy director of the CSRC’s futures supervision department, said on October 15 at the 2026 Shanghai Derivatives Market Forum that the regulator will refine its market stability mechanism and further improve the layout of futures and options products. He said this year marks the opening of the 15th Five-Year Plan, whose outline calls for steadily developing futures and derivatives, setting the direction for high-quality growth of the futures market.

TREE NEWS update: Australia’s securities regulator has opened a consultation on proposed capital, custody and trading standards for crypto platforms, ahead of a 2027 rollout. The move follows Parliament’s passage of digital asset legislation in April. The consultation is seeking industry feedback on the new framework.

TREE NEWS update: The CFTC has adopted a casino-wager exclusion and proposed a new swap definition for event contracts, reshaping how prediction markets fall under federal oversight. A court split over state gambling laws remains unresolved, with each development carrying a different legal effect. The changes leave key questions open on how federal and state rules will interact.

TREE NEWS update: VanEck is seeking to withdraw its application for a Lido staked Ether exchange-traded fund, which it initially filed as an S-1 registration statement in October last year. The asset manager has not disclosed a reason for the withdrawal request. The filing had been one of several proposed US ETFs tied to liquid staking tokens.

TREE NEWS update: Polygon has gained US payments licenses after completing its acquisition of Coinme. The deal hands Polygon 37 money transmitter licenses plus 11 state exemptions, expanding its regulated payments footprint across the United States. The company did not disclose the value of the transaction.

TREE NEWS update: European Central Bank Governing Council member and Bank of Slovenia governor Primoz Dolenc said no second-round inflation effects have been observed so far. He said the labour market is no longer as tight and that the ECB must remain vigilant on inflation data. Dolenc said policy is moving toward a restrictive stance and that the ECB has tools including the Transmission Protection Instrument, which it will use if needed.

TREE NEWS reports: The United States is considering easing sanctions on vessels in the so-called shadow fleet. The review concerns ships used to move sanctioned oil outside Western rules. No decision or timeline has been announced.

TREE NEWS update: The first meeting of the White House AI working group will be held on Thursday. The session marks the inaugural convening of the group, whose membership and agenda were not disclosed.

TREE NEWS reports: The United States is considering allowing European countries to unfreeze part of Russia’s frozen assets. No figure, timeline or specific assets were given. The move would mark a shift in the Western stance on the roughly $300 billion in Russian sovereign funds immobilised since 2022.

TREE NEWS update: China’s insurance regulator has issued a notice requiring life insurers to review and rectify ‘fast-return’ products sold through bancassurance channels, targeting 3-year payment, 6-year term endowment and participating policies that deliberately lowball actuarial cost assumptions and shorten the cash-value break-even period. The notice cites ‘long-term insurance sold short’ risk from using such products to chase scale, and demands strict implementation of the ‘report-and-execute as one’ requirement.

TREE NEWS update: China’s securities regulator has published draft amendments to rules governing publicly offered securities investment funds, raising the cap on non-FOF funds’ investment in other funds from 10% to 30% and allowing FOFs to invest in ETF feeder funds. The minimum size for launching a FOF would also drop to RMB 50 million. Regulators framed the changes as broadening strategy space for asset-allocation products.

TREE NEWS update: VanEck has asked the U.S. SEC to withdraw the registration statement for its proposed VanEck Lido Staked ETH ETF, saying it no longer intends to proceed with the offering. The registration never took effect and no shares were issued or sold. The fund was designed to hold Lido’s liquid staking token stETH; VanEck filed its S-1 in October 2025 and was the first issuer to seek a U.S. ETF tied to stETH. VanEck did not disclose a reason for the withdrawal.