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Securities / Derivatives
FMSB Issues Good Practices for Suspicious Transaction, Order Reporting
15/01/2019
The FICC Markets Standards Board has published the final version of its Statement of Good Practice on suspicious transaction and order reporting.
Capital / Liquidity
Basel Committee Eases Trading Book Capital Requirements for Banks
15/01/2019
The final revisions to the market risk framework reduces the amount of total market risk capital for banks’ trading books by almost half compared to the 2016 version.
Market Infrastructure
Singapore Parliament Passes Payment Services Act
15/01/2019
The law represents a framework to streamline payment services regulation in Singapore under a single legislation and bring payment activities under the remit of the MAS.
Market Infrastructure
India to Force Foreign Brokers to Store Data Locally
15/01/2019
SEBI plans to mandate that data on Indian customers be stored on local servers, or for a real-time backup to be created to enable access from within the country.
Securities / Derivatives
Singapore, Philippine Bourses Collaborate on Equity Derivatives
15/01/2019
The SGX and PSE are working on developing new equity index derivatives for listing in the Philippines to offer a more diverse product line to international investors.
Securities / Derivatives
China Doubles QFII Quota to Boost Foreign Investment
15/01/2019
China will double the quota from the current $150bn, despite having only granted $101.1bn in quotas to foreign investors as of December.
Securities / Derivatives
MAS Announces Grant to Support Stock Listings, Equity Research
15/01/2019
The Grant for Equity Market Singapore, or GEMS, will launch in February, offering funding to facilitate SGX listings and develop the local equity research ecosystem.
Enforcement
NSE Chairman Resigns Amid Bribery Probe
14/01/2019
NSE chairman Ashok Chawla was named in a charge sheet related to a bribery case involving telecom operator Aircel and its Malaysian investor Maxis.
Fintech / Regtech
Singapore Banking Union Opens to Broader Financial Industry
14/01/2019
The newly renamed Banking and Financial Services Union aims to help professionals stay relevant and competitive amid technological advancement and industry changes.
Capital / Liquidity
HKMA Banking Securitisation Code Takes Effect
14/01/2019
The Code provides guidance on the qualifying conditions to use the internal assessment approach for calculating the capital requirement for certain securitisation exposures.
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