Securities / Derivatives

Taxing Securities Trades Will Reduce Competitiveness, says SET President

23/12/2021

SET president Pakorn Peetathawatchai Pakorn was responding to reports that the government is planning a 0.1 percent tax on securities trades.

Fintech / Regtech

Cambodia, Laos to Step Up Cross-Border Cooperation in 2022

23/12/2021

The National Bank of Cambodia and Bank of the Lao PDR will cooperate on payment innovation and cross-border connectivity, among other areas.

Press Release

Regulation Asia: Top 20 News Stories for 2021

23/12/2021

This list presents the most-read new stories published by Regulation Asia in 2021, based on aggregated user traffic analytics.

Press Release

Regulation Asia: Top Ten Contributed Articles for 2021

23/12/2021

This list presents the most-read contributed articles published by Regulation Asia in 2020, based on aggregated user traffic analytics.

AML / KYC

BSP Identifies Other Banks, Non-banks Involved in BDO Hack

23/12/2021

A BSP task force will submit recommendations to the Monetary Board by mid-January 2022, which may include sanctions and penalties for the involved banks.

Fintech / Regtech

SEBI Forms New Advisory Committee on Technology

22/12/2021

The new committee will issue recommendations on existing technology projects and propose new suptech and regtech tools to improve SEBI’s capabilities.

Securities / Derivatives

Australia Announces Reforms to Proxy Advice Regime

22/12/2021

The reforms extend AFS licensing requirements to a greater range of proxy adviser activities, as well as enhance transparency of super funds’ voting records.

Securities / Derivatives

NSE India Launches New Corporate Governance Framework

22/12/2021

Listed companies that voluntarily choose to be part of ‘NSE Prime’ will need to comply with higher corporate governance standards and disclosure requirements.

Enforcement

CSRC Launches Inspections at Financial Asset Exchanges

22/12/2021

Some exchanges were found to be illegally facilitating financing for property developers through the issuance of non-standard debt financing products.