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PEPs & Sanctions
Japan Crypto Industry Set to Adopt Travel Rule
13/03/2022
The travel rule will increase transparency on the individuals and entities crypto exchanges deal with, as the government seeks to prevent sanctions evasion.
Custody & Infrastructure
Paxos, Sygnum to Offer Digital Asset Services in Singapore
11/03/2022
Paxos will gain a DPT licence under the Payment Services Act. Sygnum will provide fund unit tokenisation and securitise NFTs and metaverse assets.
Payments & Settlements
SEBI Raises Limit for Debt Investments via UPI Mechanism
11/03/2022
The limit for investments in debt securities via the UPI mechanism is being increased from INR 200,000 to INR 500,000, effective 1 May 2022.
Structural Regulation
UPDATED – US LIBOR Legislation Advances in Omnibus Bill
11/03/2022
The bill is based on legislation that passed the House in December, and is similar to a law enacted by New York state and others in the past year.
Trading & Investment
HKEX to Launch Derivatives Holiday Trading on 9 May
11/03/2022
The first suite of products to be added to Derivatives Holiday Trading will be all MSCI futures and options contracts.
Payments & Settlements
Taiwan FSC Approves Relaxations on OBU Account Use
10/03/2022
Companies are given greater flexibility to open and use offshore banking unit accounts held with domestic banks to take out foreign currency loans.
Structural Regulation
ASX Proposes New Fee Model for Issuer Services
10/03/2022
The new fee model is intended to be simpler and provide greater certainty to issuers about ASX charges for issuer services.
Trading & Investment
China Widens Trading Band for Yuan-Ruble Currency Pair
10/03/2022
The existing 5 percent trading band around a daily midpoint set by the PBOC is making it difficult to price the exchange rate amid heightened ruble volatility.
Resolution & Recovery
Standard-setters Assess Adequacy of CCP Resolution Tools
10/03/2022
New report analyses default and non-default loss scenarios potentially extreme enough to require the use of CCP recovery and resolution tools.
Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime
Singapore Court Imposes 9 Year Jail Sentence for IRAS Fraud
10/03/2022
230 companies, mostly dormant and shell companies, were used to submit 400 fraudulent applications claiming tax breaks.
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