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Payments & Settlements
BOT Launches “Enhanced” Sandbox for Programmable Payments
17/06/2024
The sandbox allows testing of payments where transaction conditions are automatically set using DLT and smart contracts.

Trading & Investment
CSRC Approves First ETF Listings Tracking Saudi Arabia
17/06/2024
Two ETFs managed by Huatai-Pinebridge Fund Management and China Southern Asset Management were approved.

CBDCs
BIS Publishes Results of Latest CBDC, Crypto Survey
17/06/2024
Central banks are now more likely to issue a wholesale CBDC than a retail CBDC within the next six years.

Structural Regulation
CSRC Proposes to Enhance Funds Recognition Scheme
17/06/2024
Mutually recognised funds will be allowed to delegate their investment management functions to overseas asset management institutions.

Payments & Settlements
BIS Launches New Innovation Hub Centre in Toronto
17/06/2024
The Toronto Innovation Centre will initially focus on next-generation financial market infrastructures, suptech, and open finance.

Trading & Investment
More ETFs Will be Added to Stock Connect on 22 July
17/06/2024
The AUM and index weighting requirements have been relaxed to include more HK- and mainland-listed ETFs in Stock Connect.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability
HKEX Proposes Enhancements to Corporate Governance Code
17/06/2024
The new requirements aim to enhance risk management as well as board effectiveness, independence and diversity.

Payments & Settlements
BIS Innovation Hub to Explore RTGS to DLT Interoperability
17/06/2024
Project Meridian FX will explore interoperability between RTGS systems and new payments technologies like DLT.

Credit Risk
BNM Issues Framework on Standardised Approach to Credit Risk
17/06/2024
The framework will come into effect on 1 July 2026, one year later than initially proposed in January 2023.

Anti-Money Laundering
Malaysia SC Issues Revised AML/CFT/CPF Guidelines
17/06/2024
The updated guidelines include requirements to identify and perform due diligence on counterparty VASPs before transmitting information to them.
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