
Sanday Chongo Kabange is an experienced multimedia journalist and a contributor to Regulation Asia. He focuses on compliance, regulatory and legal issues for financial services.

Anti-Bribery & Corruption
Hong Kong: Former OCBC Banker Pleads Guilty to Accepting Bribes
28/01/2025
The former bank employee accepted a bribe to refer mortgage clients to an agent so he could earn referral fees from a different lender

Structural Regulation
Hong Kong Moves Closer to Fully Paperless Securities Market
27/01/2025
Only online channels will be allowed for subscriptions to public offers of equity securities, and issuers will have more flexibility to adopt digital communication and payment technologies

Clearing & Post-Trade
ASX Offers Explanation for December 2024 Market Disruption
27/01/2025
ASX implemented a software fix, waived fail fees from 20-31 December 2024, and will distribute A$1mn in rebates to settlement participants.

Reporting & Disclosures
Australia to Form New Standard-setting Body for Financial Reporting
25/01/2025
The new body will provide a “one stop shop” for the development and issuance of accounting, sustainability, auditing and assurance standards.

Credit Risk
HKMA Publishes Banking Sector Priorities for 2025
24/01/2025
The HKMA’s 2025 workplan includes measures to safeguard the banking sector from financial crime, credit risk and cyber risk.

Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime
BSP Issues Draft Rules on Sharing of Financial Account Information
23/01/2025
The rules will implement a requirement of the Anti-Financial Account Scamming Act, which allows financial account information to be shared with enforcement agencies.

Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime
BSP Revises IT Risk Management Rules to Align with New Anti-Scams Law
23/01/2025
The BSP said BSFIs must comply with the new regulations by 30 June 2025 and that a shared accountability framework will be adopted.

Climate Risk
Super Fund CEOs Highlight Climate Risk Reporting Challenges
22/01/2025
APRA and ASIC called on industry bodies to play a bigger role in supporting super funds including developing a code to facilitate collaboration

Clearing & Post-Trade
LME Approves Hong Kong as a Metals Warehouse Location
21/01/2025
The approval of Hong Kong as a warehouse location aligns with the city’s efforts to bolster its role in global commodities trading

Reporting & Disclosures
PSE Publishes Sustainability Reporting Guidebook for Listed Firms
21/01/2025
The guidebook was developed based on the 2015 model guidance issued by the UN-backed Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) initiative.
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