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Emerging Prudential Risks
BOJ Expands Merger Incentives to Include Community Lenders
03/01/2021
The BOJ will pay an additional 0.1% interest to smaller lenders that decide to merge, integrate their businesses, or meet overhead reduction targets.
Structural Regulation
Daiwa Securities Joint Venture Granted Beijing Business Licence
03/01/2021
The business licence makes Daiwa Securities (China) Co Ltd the fourth foreign-owned joint venture securities firm in Beijing.
Structural Regulation
China, EU Leaders Agree Bilateral Investment Treaty
03/01/2021
China will open multiple industries to EU businesses, removing joint-venture requirements, equity caps and forced technology transfers.
PEPs & Sanctions
OFAC Extends Chinese Military Company Ban to Subsidiaries
03/01/2021
In a set of FAQs, OFAC has clarified that Executive Order 13959 also applies to subsidiaries, derivatives, ETFs, index funds and mutual funds.
Anti-Money Laundering
Japan Regulators Order Crypto Exchange to Improve AML Systems
02/01/2021
Avacus Co Ltd must build an AML/CTF risk management system that ensures transactions are confirmed and recorded at the time of transaction.
Capital Adequacy
Taiwan FSC Designates First Commercial Bank as Sixth D-SIB
02/01/2021
In June 2019, the FSC designated CTBC Bank, Cathay United Bank, Taipei Fubon Bank, Mega International Commercial Bank and Taiwan Cooperative Bank as D-SIBs.
Market Abuse
China: Revised Criminal Law Raises Penalties for Capital Market Offences
02/01/2021
The amendments focus on fraudulent issuance, information disclosure falsification, provision of false certification documents by intermediaries, and market manipulation.
Sustainable Finance
Korea Set to Establish ‘New Deal’ Fund in March 2021
02/01/2021
The application process for private fund managers to set up and manage feeder funds under the New Deal fund began in December 2020.
Capital Adequacy
Japan FSA Issues Draft Policy for Basel III Implementation
02/01/2021
Japan will adopt the Basel III standards in consideration of the characteristics of domestic financial institutions, the FSA said.
Credit Risk
BSP Grants Foreign Banks Relief from Single Borrower’s Limit
02/01/2021
The measure is expected to help boost lending, bolster economic growth and diversify credit exposures, said BSP governor Benjamin Diokno.
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