Posts By Editors, Regulation Asia
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Fintech / Regtech
CPMI, IOSCO Call for Uniformity in UPI Creation, Reporting
Report proposes that each UPI maps to reference data which indirectly describes an OTCD product without identifying transaction details.
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Capital Regulation
India Insolvency Information Utility Granted 5-year License
Bank-owned NESL wins license to operate utility which shares information on financial contracts as part of efforts to clean up bad loans.
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Asia-Pacific
Malaysia Extends NSFR Implementation Deadline to 2019
Central bank cites uncertainty and divergence from original 1 January 2018 deadline elsewhere, suggests NSFR of Malaysian banks already at 100%.
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Capital Regulation
Hong Kong Belatedly Joins Singapore in Pushing Back IRRBB
Implementation delayed by a year as firms say they might not have met original deadline due to having to make substantial changes to reporting systems.
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Asia-Pacific
Asia Pacific FIs Enter New Era of Accountability
Australian bankers rail against short deadline for comments on BEAR, which mirrors Hong Kong’s recently introduced MiC.
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Asia-Pacific
Equivalence not Regulatory Harmonisation the Answer for Asian FX
GFMA, KPMG report suggests the number of liquidity providers will decline; market participants can’t expect harmonised regulatory environment.
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Hong Kong
Hong Kong Considering Tax Breaks for PE Managers
Government and trade bodies view PE as means of increasing support for Hong Kong Start-ups, keeping pace with Singapore and the UK.
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Asia-Pacific
Indonesia Targets Illegal Investment Managers, Fund Collectors
Nearly 50 firms have been shut down this year for operating without a license, offering unreasonably generous repayment terms, returns.
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Capital Regulation
State Media Details China’s Plans to Open up Capital Markets
Global Times says domestic officials are increasingly frustrated by the slow pace of opening up and reform of capital markets.
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Asia-Pacific
Vietnam Raises Credit Growth Limits for Commercial Banks
Vietnam’s central bank has extended credit growth limits for several commercial banks in a bid to support the country's economic growth and amid massive demand.
