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    AML / KYC

    HK’s New Financial Services Chief Advocates Centralised KYC Registry

    19/07/2017

    Top official says updated ID cards with greater security could be used as basis of the centralised KYC; boost Hong Kong’s status in fintech.

    Capital / Liquidity

    APRA Sets out Vision for ‘Unquestionably Strong’ Banking System

    19/07/2017

    APRA says ‘unquestionably strong’ means a CET1 capital adequacy ratio of 10.5% ; some lenders expected to require 150bp increase.

    Capital / Liquidity

    Singapore Market Infrastructure Regime Gains CPMI/IOSCO Approval

    18/07/2017

    Peer review finds MAS meets all but one of 24 principles designed to shore up systemically important market infrastructure including central counterparties.

    AML / KYC

    India Could Bring Bitcoin Regulation Under SEBI

    18/07/2017

    Despite earlier talk of blanket ban, panel set up in April close to agreeing model which would give bitcoin similar status to a commodity.

    Capital / Liquidity

    PBOC to Ramp Up Regulatory Oversight

    17/07/2017

    Increased oversight by central bank may have put paid to talk of super regulator; regulators could be found guilty of […]

    Market Infrastructure

    Emerging Asian Markets Suffer Shutdowns, Cyberattacks

    17/07/2017

    Exchanges in India and Indonesia suffer outages, citing ‘technical issues’; brokers connected to Bursa Malaysia report spate of cyberattacks on two separate days.

    Market Infrastructure

    China Exchanges Eye Financial Infrastructure ‘Belt and Road’

    17/07/2017

    SSE, CFFEX meetings to discuss stake in CSE (Chittagong Stock Exchange) follows their participation in consortium which bought 30% of Pakistan bourse.

    AML / KYC

    AUSTRAC Warns on Fraud, Money Laundering via Stock, Derivatives Markets

    13/07/2017

    Fraud, money laundering more prevalent than even insider trading or market manipulation, Centre suggests; only 40% of market participants filed suspicious matter reports over 2-year period.

    AML / KYC

    Singapore Banker Gets 2nd Conviction for 1MDB-related Offences

    13/07/2017

    Former wealth manager at shuttered Singapore office of Swiss bank BSI to serve further two years for money laundering after witness tampering sentence ends.

    Capital / Liquidity

    Bank Risks Under Control, Market Supervision to Intensify – China Regulators

    13/07/2017

    Senior banking regulator suggests number of illegal fundraisings has declined sharply; counterpart at CSRC says to continue crackdown on market malfeasance.

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