Editors, Regulation Asia

Posts By Editors, Regulation Asia

• India

  Advisory Board Asks SEBI to Focus on Averting Crisis

  Focus on understanding the commodities markets with an emphasis on averting crisis before taking up developmental issues.

• Malaysia

  Malaysia Enhances Listing Rules for ACE Market

  Bursa Malaysia has on introduced enhancements to listing requirements for its ACE Market in a bid to incentivise more small and medium enterprises to list.

• Australia & NZ

  Australia and Bangladesh Sign Information Exchange Deal

  Australia has signed a memorandum of understanding with Bangladesh establishing a framework for the exchange of financial intelligence related to money laundering and terrorism financing and other serious offences.

• Securities & Trading

  Philippines and United States Sign FATCA Agreement

  The Philippines has signed a reciprocal intergovernmental agreement with the United States to implement provisions of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA).

• Australia & NZ

  High Capital Requirements May Not Affect Regional Aussie Banks

  The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority is focusing on the major banks in its response to the Murray inquiry's call for ‘unquestionably strong’ capital, appearing to let regional banks off the hook.

• India

  India Regulator to Create Trade Depository Winding Down Framework

  The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is working on a new policy which will establish a framework for the orderly winding down of trade depositories in the event of a depository going bust or voluntarily closing its business.

• International

  Global Structural Reform Drives Significant Investment at Financial Institutions, says Accenture

  More than half of firms expect to spend more than US$200 million this year on overhaul projects to ensure compliance with global structural reform requirements, with nearly one-third expecting to spend more than US$500 million.

• China

  China Cracks Down on Grey Market Margin Lending

  The China Securities Regulatory Commission has increased scrutiny of peer-to-peer lenders, which have been operating outside of approved margin lending channels.

• Australia & NZ

  ASIC Releases Evidence Metrics for Self-Assessment of Regulator Performance

  The Australian Securities and Investment Commission has released the evidence metrics it will use to report against the Federal Government’s Regulator Performance Framework, which aims to reduce the regulatory burden while achieving the same regulatory outcomes.

• Countries

  Challenges Ahead for New SGX Chief

  Former investment banker Loh Boon Chye will be presented with several challenges as he takes over at the helm of the Singapore Exchange.