Posts By Peter Guy, Regulation Asia
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4.0KChina’s Ant Financial and WeBank – ‘Too Big to Regulate’
Peter Guy, Regulation Asia August 2, 2018The Chinese government has allowed unregulated online participants to innovate and grow in a sector traditionally dominated by state banks. Systemic risk has increased by not imposing strict and comprehensive regulatory regimes.
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766And Justice For All Banks
Peter Guy, Regulation Asia July 30, 2018Directly fining banks for the misdeeds of former executives has proven to be unproductive. Yet, determining personal liability for individual bank officers continues to be an elusive and difficult task.
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800China P2P Lending Sector Survival Relies on Better Regulation
Peter Guy, Regulation Asia July 26, 2018P2P platform failures due to liquidity shortfalls have crippled a key source of retail credit for consumers and small businesses. The future of P2P lending in China. Regulators need to play a more dominant role in this growing and unruly...
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819Misguided Derivatives Regulation Distorts Markets
Peter Guy, Regulation Asia July 23, 2018Basel’s new capital rules have impacted global derivatives markets by purging participants and liquidity. Whether or not this was the intended outcome, it will create onerous costs for entire markets and consumers.
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707The Hong Kong-China Stock (Dis)Connect
Peter Guy, Regulation Asia July 20, 2018The battle for large cap tech listings between HKEX and mainland exchanges ignited over Xiaomi this week, indicating that China’s strategic goal might be to prevent home-grown, multi-billion dollar “unicorn” companies from seeking listings on any overseas markets – including...
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680Brexit Shifts Regulatory Powers to Continental Europe
Peter Guy, Regulation Asia July 16, 2018The UK government’s Brexit white paper reveals disappointing support for London’s global role in financial regulations. London could be disintermediated as a financial centre.
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561Shift from London Financial Centre Gains Pace
Peter Guy, Regulation Asia July 12, 2018With nine months to go before Britain’s scheduled exit from the EU, the effects of Brexit are largely unknown and will take years to resolve. Yet, banks and asset managers have already begun planning for the relocation of staff and...
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666The Risky Business of Hiring Chinese Investment Bankers
Peter Guy, Regulation Asia July 9, 2018The real cost of doing business in China was suddenly revealed with Credit Suisse’s settlements totalling $77 million with the SEC and DOJ over its alleged violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act by employing Chinese princelings and princesses.
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655What Happens When We Face the Next Banking Crisis?
Peter Guy, Regulation Asia July 5, 2018A recent IMFBlog post suggests policymakers and regulators are still unprepared to confront the stark moral and economic dilemmas in handling bank failures.
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861SWIFT and the Death of Global Financial Regulations
Peter Guy, Regulation Asia July 2, 2018Intense geopolitical rivalries and new technologies threaten a new Cold War by enabling weaponisation of the international payment system and disruption of the international financial order.
