Posts By Editors, Regulation Asia
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330IndiaSEBI Grants Compliance Relief to Fund Managers, Brokers, Issuers
The new measures include relief from mutual fund policy initiatives, penalty provision exemptions for brokers, and various deadline extensions.
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243Australia & NZAPRA Suspends Work on New Data Collection Solution
‘APRA Connect’ go live dates will be delayed by at least six months to allow financial institutions to concentrate on their businesses and assist customers impacted by the coronavirus.
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313Capital RegulationS. Korea Announces Emergency Financial Aid Package
The 100-trillion-won package includes funding for businesses, two market stabilisation funds, support for new bond issuance and liquidity support for brokerage firms.
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329TaiwanTAIFEX Launches Real-time Data Feed for Derivatives
Deutsche Börse is the licensor of TAIFEX market data to international clients, allowing them to access data products offered by both exchanges under a single licence agreement.
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261EnforcementSFC Imposes Lifetime Ban on Former China Pacific Securities Broker
The former broker was convicted and jailed in December 2018 for stealing over HK$110mn in shares from China Pacific’s clients over a seven-year period.
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180MalaysiaMalaysia Suspends Short-selling, Grants Relief to Licensed Entities
The short-selling suspension will last until 30 April 2020. Annual licensing fees will be waived. CPE and professional training requirements will be eased.
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317Australia & NZAustralia Unveils Stage Two Economic Package Worth A$66.1b
Including the new package, a total A$189bn is being injected into the economy by 'all arms of the government' to 'help build a bridge to recovery'.
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362FeatureUS Fed Indicates Open-ended Commitment to Quantitative Easing
“Aggressive efforts must be taken across the public and private sectors,” the Fed said, effectively pledging to buy Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities to any extent required
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1.1KAustralia & NZSingapore, Australia Agree to Promote Data Connectivity, Digital Economy
Singapore and Australia have committed to allowing financial institutions to choose where their data is stored and prohibiting data localisation, among a raft of other agreements.
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392Australia & NZ
APRA, ASIC Recalibrate Regulatory Priorities to Focus on Covid-19
APRA and ASIC have suspended the majority of their planned policy initiatives and do not plan to recommence consultation on any non-essential matters before 30 September 2020.
