China Launches Online Credit Scoring Service

25/02/2018

Baihang Credit Scoring granted three-year licence to provide personal credit information services online.

Securities / Derivatives

China Stops Publishing Volatility Index Data

24/02/2018

The move was designed to curb options market activity and discourage speculation amid recent volatility, says Bloomberg.

Securities / Derivatives

IOSCO Issues Guidance on Conflicts of Interest in Equity Offerings

24/02/2018

Recommendations developed by group of regulators including ASIC, Hong Kong’s SFC and Japan’s FSA.

Securities / Derivatives

India Allows Cash as Collateral for GIFT City Trading

23/02/2018

Foreign securities and gold also eligible, but cash and cash equivalents will need to form 50 percent of total liquid assets at all times.

Securities / Derivatives

Indian Exchanges to Launch Cross-Currency Derivatives

22/02/2018

BSE and NSE can launch cross-currency futures and options in the euro, pound and yen, against the dollar and rupee.

AML / KYC

Indonesian Banks Start AEOI Registration to Report Customer Data

22/02/2018

Indonesian banks, regulators and financial infrastructure firms invited to register with the tax office under AEOI norms.

Market Infrastructure

Singapore to Shift OTC Derivatives to Organised Markets

22/02/2018

The trading obligations would apply to banks with gross notional outstanding OTC derivatives exceeding SGD20 billion.

Enforcement

CBRC to Name-and-Shame Banking Wrongdoers

22/02/2018

Banking regulator seeks to send a warning to financial institutions of the consequences of misbehaving

Market Infrastructure

Chinese Exchanges to Acquire Stake in Bangladeshi Bourse

21/02/2018

Shanghai, Shenzhen exchanges have outbid India’s NSE to buy 25% of Dhaka Stock Exchange.