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Capital / Liquidity
India Insolvency Information Utility Granted 5-year License
02/10/2017
Bank-owned NESL wins license to operate utility which shares information on financial contracts as part of efforts to clean up bad loans.
Capital / Liquidity
Malaysia Extends NSFR Implementation Deadline to 2019
02/10/2017
Central bank cites uncertainty and divergence from original 1 January 2018 deadline elsewhere, suggests NSFR of Malaysian banks already at 100%.
Capital / Liquidity
Hong Kong Belatedly Joins Singapore in Pushing Back IRRBB
28/09/2017
Implementation delayed by a year as firms say they might not have met original deadline due to having to make substantial changes to reporting systems.
Enforcement
Asia Pacific FIs Enter New Era of Accountability
28/09/2017
Australian bankers rail against short deadline for comments on BEAR, which mirrors Hong Kong’s recently introduced MiC.
Market Infrastructure
Equivalence not Regulatory Harmonisation the Answer for Asian FX
28/09/2017
GFMA, KPMG report suggests the number of liquidity providers will decline; market participants can’t expect harmonised regulatory environment.
Market Infrastructure
Hong Kong Considering Tax Breaks for PE Managers
28/09/2017
Government and trade bodies view PE as means of increasing support for Hong Kong Start-ups, keeping pace with Singapore and the UK.
Enforcement
Indonesia Targets Illegal Investment Managers, Fund Collectors
28/09/2017
Nearly 50 firms have been shut down this year for operating without a license, offering unreasonably generous repayment terms, returns.
Capital / Liquidity
State Media Details China’s Plans to Open up Capital Markets
28/09/2017
Global Times says domestic officials are increasingly frustrated by the slow pace of opening up and reform of capital markets.
Capital / Liquidity
Vietnam Raises Credit Growth Limits for Commercial Banks
28/09/2017
Vietnam’s central bank has extended credit growth limits for several commercial banks in a bid to support the country’s economic growth and amid massive demand.
Fintech / Regtech
Regulators Must Collectively Embrace 4th Industrial Revolution – ASIC
25/09/2017
Chairman Greg Medcraft expresses concern about regulatory fragmentation with increased use of technology, emergence of ICOs.
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