Credit Risk

Ant Group Ordered to Separate Lending Apps from Alipay

13/09/2021

Ant Group’s lending businesses Huabei and Jeibei will also have to transfer data used for lending decisions to a new credit scoring joint venture.

Anti-Bribery & Corruption

Another Top China Development Bank Exec Probed for Corruption

13/09/2021

He Xingxiang is the second most senior official at China Development Bank to become the subject of a corruption probe.

Tokenisation

MAS Grants RMO Licence to Digital Asset Platform SDAX

13/09/2021

SDAX allows asset owners to tokenise and list their assets as digital securities. Its first real estate token listing is expected within 2021.

Structural Regulation

SEC Committee Endorses Stricter Enforcement of SPAC Rules

13/09/2021

The investor advisory committee recommended increased enforcement of existing disclosure rules for SPACs, including in relation to the sponsor’s role.

Market Abuse

Bursa Malaysia Punishes RHB Investment Bank Representatives

13/09/2021

The dealer’s representatives engaged in discretionary trading without proper authorisation, causing “significant losses” to a client.

Cryptocurrency

Three More Korean Crypto Exchanges Secure Deals with Banks

13/09/2021

Bithumb, Coinone, and Korbit will likely meet the 24 September deadline. Korean police are preparing for illegal incidents from exchanges that are forced to close.

Trading & Investment

RBC Capital Markets to Launch FX Infrastructure in Singapore

12/09/2021

RBC says the new e-FX server and pricing engine was developed with support from MAS and will be launched by year-end.

Structural Regulation

Hong Kong SPAC Framework to Prohibit Retail Access – Report

12/09/2021

Hong Kong’s SPAC framework will reportedly be issued for public consultation this month, proposing that only professional investors be allowed to participate.

Operational Risk

Mizuho Suffers Seventh System Failure For the Year

12/09/2021

The latest failure disrupted about 100 ATMs due to a “hardware problem”, though affected services were restored quickly.