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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.
Anti-Money Laundering
Philippine AMLC Extends Deadline for DNFBP AML Programmes
10/03/2022
The deadline for DNFBPs to formulate a money laundering and terrorism financing prevention programme has been extended to June.
CBDCs
US President Calls for Comprehensive Approach to Digital Assets
10/03/2022
The US Treasury and other agencies are directed to submit a series of reports within six months recommending a policy approach for digital assets.
Conduct, Culture & Accountability
FINRA Fines Deutsche Bank Securities for Best Execution Failures
10/03/2022
The firm routed customer orders to its own ATS before routing any part of the order to an exchange of the customer’s preference, FINRA said.
Structural Regulation
Philippines Passes Law to Ease Foreign Investment Restrictions
09/03/2022
Qualified foreigners can fully own domestic enterprises including SMEs without prior approval, as long as they hire local workers.
Trading & Investment
Nickel Short Squeeze Prompts Scrutiny from Chinese Regulators
09/03/2022
State-owned entities are being asked to provide data on their exposures energy and commodity-linked derivatives contracts.
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