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    Enforcement

    Taiwan FSC Penalises Brokers for Lax Security Controls

    04/03/2021

    Cathay Securities, Concord Securities and SinoPac Securities were fined the most and barred from certain business and capital raising activities for three months.

    Capital / Liquidity

    APRA Finalises Reporting Standard for Operational Risk Capital

    04/03/2021

    APRA has introduced a 35 day lag before data submitted for ARS 115.0 will become non-confidential, to ensure an ADI’s financial disclosures are published first.

    Capital / Liquidity

    RBNZ Refines Principles Governing Insurance Solvency Review

    04/03/2021

    The RBNZ says it is confident that the revised principles are now robust, comprehensive and will guide the ongoing policy work on the review of solvency standards.

    Market Infrastructure

    NSE, INX, MCX to Jointly Set Up New GIFT City Bullion Exchange

    04/03/2021

    NSE, India INX, MCX, NSDL and CDSL have agreed to set up a bullion exchange, clearing corporation and depository at GIFT City.

    Securities / Derivatives

    Chinese SOEs to Issue Carbon Neutrality Bonds on Shanghai Bourse

    04/03/2021

    China Energy Investment Corp, State Power Investment Corp, China Huaneng Group Co and China National Nuclear Corp will issue carbon neutrality bonds on the SSE.

    Capital / Liquidity

    Korea Extends Loan Deferrals, Regulatory Support for Six Months

    04/03/2021

    Individuals and businesses who have already received deferrals on loan and interest payments can re-apply for further extensions.

    Market Infrastructure

    Japan’s Mizuho Bank Suffers Another Outage at ATMs

    04/03/2021

    Another system failure took down 29 Mizuho ATMs for three hours on Wednesday, just days after more than 5,000 ATMs went offline.

    Enforcement

    MAS Bans Four Individuals Following False Trading Convictions

    04/03/2021

    Three former remisiers and one former insurance agent were banned following convictions connected to false trading in Catalist-listed Koyo International.

    Securities / Derivatives

    CSRC Revises Rules on Corporate Bond Issuance, Ratings

    04/03/2021

    Companies will no longer be required to engage a rating agency and obtain a credit rating before they issue bonds for sale on the public market.

    BNM Revises Guidance on Operational Risk Reporting

    03/03/2021

    The revisions enhance the granularity of reporting requirements and align definitions with the FSB’s cyber lexicon.

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