Posts By Editors, Regulation Asia
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402Australia & NZKiwiSaver Reform is Key to Boosting NZ Capital Markets: Report
Editors, Regulation Asia September 10, 2019Sponsored by the FMA and NZX, an industry working group has recommended changes to the KiwiSaver scheme, saying it will become the predominant pool of retirement savings over time.
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465EnforcementTribunal Overturns SEBI Order Banning PwC from Auditing
Editors, Regulation Asia September 10, 2019The Securities Appellate Tribunal cited a lack of evidence against PwC, and said SEBI had no jurisdiction to impose the ban in the first place.
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313JapanJapan Regulators Seek Data on Financial Firms’ Risky Investments
Editors, Regulation Asia September 10, 2019The BOJ and FSA are collecting data on financial firms' holdings of collateralised loan obligations and leveraged loans to understand the risks they present.
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372Capital RegulationCBIRC Tightens Rules on Insurers’ Related-Party Transactions
Editors, Regulation Asia September 10, 2019The CBIRC says some insurance companies have allowed their subsidiaries to use the insurers as “ATM machines”, causing “severe risks and social impact”.
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470Australia & NZAPRA, RBNZ Approaches to Bank Capital Incompatible
Editors, Regulation Asia September 10, 2019Citi banking analyst Brendan Sproules says APRA and the RBNZ "are pursuing radically contrasting approaches to bank sector capital adequacy".
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1.3KFintech / RegtechMalaysia Association Joins APAC RegTech Network
Editors, Regulation Asia September 10, 2019The APAC RegTech Network was established by the regtech committees of the fintech associations of Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore in May.
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1.0KBig PictureHalf of IT Budgets to Go to Cloud Services in 2020: Refinitiv
Editors, Regulation Asia September 10, 2019Financial firms say public cloud projects are delivering better-than-expected cost reductions and enabling innovation, but data privacy and regulatory concerns are slowing adoption.
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1.1KAML / KYCSingapore: New Platform Targets AML Risks in Trade Finance
Editors, Regulation Asia September 9, 2019The new electronic platform enables banks to obtain and reference data derived from trade permits issued by Singapore Customs to augment their trade finance compliance checks.
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818AML / KYCSFC Asks Licensed Firms to Bolster AML/CTF Compliance
Editors, Regulation Asia September 9, 2019Following the release of the FATF mutual evaluation report for Hong Kong, the SFC has highlighted key work areas for licensed firms and their associated entities.
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679Fintech / RegtechSingapore Streamlines Payment Firms’ Access to Legal Services
Editors, Regulation Asia September 9, 2019The initiative will help connect the payments industry with specialist law firms through a streamlined process to help them comply with the new Payment Services Act.
