Posts By Editors, Regulation Asia
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164South Korea Extends Loan Forbearance Programme for Businesses
Editors, Regulation Asia October 4, 2022The extension takes effect from 4 October, the same day applications for the New Start Fund open for small merchants and the self-employed.
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269Australian Court Dismisses ASIC Lawsuit Against CBA
Editors, Regulation Asia October 3, 2022The Federal Court ruled that ASIC failed to establish that CBA received conflicted remuneration when distributing Colonial First State's superannuation product.
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278FINRA Issues New Penalties Guidance for Rule Violations
Editors, Regulation Asia October 3, 2022Large firms face penalties with no upper limit if they fail to reasonably monitor for and report suspicious transactions.
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356Hong Kong to Launch Dual Counter Trading in H1 2023
Editors, Regulation Asia October 3, 2022A market-maker system will be established to facilitate yuan-denominated stock trading. Stamp duty will be waived for market makers providing liquidity for yuan shares.
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218India Allows FPIs to Trade Commodity Derivatives Market
Editors, Regulation Asia October 3, 2022Since 2018, FPIs been allowed to trade exchange-traded commodity derivatives but only to hedge actual underlying exposures to physical commodities.
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296Large Global Banks See Highest Capital Ratios Since 2012: BCBS
Editors, Regulation Asia October 3, 2022A special feature in the latest Basel III monitoring report reveals that crypto exposures are small, around 0.14% of total exposures on a weighted average basis.
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240Taiwan Tightens Short Selling Rules to Stabilise Market
Editors, Regulation Asia October 3, 2022The measures tighten limits on the volume of intraday securities lending orders, and raised the margin requirements on securities lending.
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269Singapore Tightens Mortgage Rules to Ensure Prudent Borrowing
Editors, Regulation Asia October 3, 2022Lenders will have to assume higher interest rates when assessing borrowers’ repayment ability. The LTV limit for HDB housing loans has been lowered.
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236APRA Removes CBA’s Remaining A$500m Capital Add-on
Editors, Regulation Asia October 3, 2022The A$1bn capital add-on imposed on CBA in May 2018 was halved in November 2020, and has now been completely removed.
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2781M, 6M Synthetic GBP LIBOR to Cease at End March, FCA Says
Editors, Regulation Asia October 3, 2022The FCA is still considering when to cease the 3-month synthetic GBP LIBOR setting, and whether to compel IBA to produce synthetic USD LIBOR settings after mid 2023.
