Articles by Editors, Regulation Asia
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57IndiaIndia Raises FPI Investment Limits for Govt, Corporate Debt
April 17, 2018Investment limits raised almost 10% effective 12 April, with additional increases set for October.
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102EnforcementSFC Reprimands, Fines Nomura’s Instinet $2.2mn
April 16, 2018The firm failed to put in place reasonable controls to ensure non-proprietary orders received execution priority, prevent erroneous and disorderly orders being...
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49Australia & NZAustralia to Review Lack of Competition in Banking Sector
April 16, 2018The ACCC will examine a potential oligopolistic structure in Australia’s banking sector and review competitive practices that have allegedly led to higher...
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54Australia & NZCBA, ANZ to Pay Compensation for Missing Financial Advice Records
April 16, 2018CBA and ANZ to pay $69mn and $36.4mn compensation, respectively, for failing to provide documentation of annual customer reviews.
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10Capital RegulationChina to Revive QDII Scheme for Outbound Investment
April 15, 2018SAFE has invited financial institutions to seek new quotas under the scheme; institutions' total QDII quota to be capped at 8 percent of fund...
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79FeatureHKMA, HKEX Adopt New Messaging Standard
April 13, 2018Monetary authority and stock exchange to use messaging system across cross-border payments and remittances, support ‘open banking’.
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46Asia-PacificSri Lanka Makes Credit Ratings Compulsory for Finance Companies
April 13, 2018Licensed finance companies are required to enter into agreement with reputed credit agencies to obtain ratings by 30 April.
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56EnforcementTaiwan Regulator Censures 54 Managers at State Owned Banks
April 12, 2018Taiwan FSC censured and demoted 54 managers at seven state banks for their involvement in a $679mn syndicated loan-fraud scandal.
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67InternationalCPMI-IOSCO Publish Multi CCP Stress Testing Framework
April 12, 2018Framework supports stress tests examining potential macro-level impact of common stress event affecting multiple CCPs to gauge interdependencies between markets, CCPs and...
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69AML / KYCS.Korea Probes Banks’ Cryptocurrency AML Polices
April 12, 2018Financial Services Commission to conduct on-site expectations of three banks with cryptocurrency account relationships.
