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Enforcement
Tribunal Overturns SEBI Order Banning PwC from Auditing
10/09/2019
The Securities Appellate Tribunal cited a lack of evidence against PwC, and said SEBI had no jurisdiction to impose the ban in the first place.
Market Infrastructure
Japan Regulators Seek Data on Financial Firms’ Risky Investments
10/09/2019
The BOJ and FSA are collecting data on financial firms’ holdings of collateralised loan obligations and leveraged loans to understand the risks they present.
Capital / Liquidity
CBIRC Tightens Rules on Insurers’ Related-Party Transactions
10/09/2019
The CBIRC says some insurance companies have allowed their subsidiaries to use the insurers as “ATM machines”, causing “severe risks and social impact”.
Capital / Liquidity
APRA, RBNZ Approaches to Bank Capital Incompatible
10/09/2019
Citi banking analyst Brendan Sproules says APRA and the RBNZ “are pursuing radically contrasting approaches to bank sector capital adequacy”.
Fintech / Regtech
Malaysia Association Joins APAC RegTech Network
10/09/2019
The APAC RegTech Network was established by the regtech committees of the fintech associations of Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore in May.
Fintech / Regtech
Half of IT Budgets to Go to Cloud Services in 2020: Refinitiv
10/09/2019
Financial firms say public cloud projects are delivering better-than-expected cost reductions and enabling innovation, but data privacy and regulatory concerns are slowing adoption.
AML / KYC
Singapore: New Platform Targets AML Risks in Trade Finance
09/09/2019
The new electronic platform enables banks to obtain and reference data derived from trade permits issued by Singapore Customs to augment their trade finance compliance checks.
AML / KYC
SFC Asks Licensed Firms to Bolster AML/CTF Compliance
09/09/2019
Following the release of the FATF mutual evaluation report for Hong Kong, the SFC has highlighted key work areas for licensed firms and their associated entities.
Fintech / Regtech
Singapore Streamlines Payment Firms’ Access to Legal Services
09/09/2019
The initiative will help connect the payments industry with specialist law firms through a streamlined process to help them comply with the new Payment Services Act.
Capital / Liquidity
PBOC Announces Third RRR Cut of 2019
09/09/2019
The cut is expected to free up 900 billion yuan in banking system liquidity for use in small and private enterprise lending.
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