Posts By Peter Guy, Regulation Asia
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1.4KBanks Need Regulatory Defence Against Tech Firms
Peter Guy, Regulation Asia August 16, 2018The Facebook controversy around user data hasn’t discouraged it from advancing its ambitions in financial services like payment and remittance processing.
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1.1KASIC Plan to Embed Staff Could Impede Banking Function
Peter Guy, Regulation Asia August 13, 2018ASIC's plan to embed its own staff as officers at major Australian banks will affect risk taking and how the Australian public is served by the financial services industry.
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1.1KChina’s Opening Up to Foreign Third Party Online Payment Firms
Peter Guy, Regulation Asia August 6, 2018Stricter regulations are intended to limit abuses, improve government oversight and allow the entry of foreign enterprises for the first time. But, a more comprehensive framework is needed to manage systemic risk posed by the sector’s rise.
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4.5KChina’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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827And 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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866China 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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885Misguided 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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767The 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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741Brexit 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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642Shift 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...
