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S Korea’s FSC Aims to Get More Banks to Fund Fintech Firms
07/05/2015
South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) said the state-run policy lenders Korea Development Bank and the Industrial Bank of Korea will allocate 200 billion won ($184.9 million) in funds this year to support financial technology companies or fintech.
China Plans to Allow Residents to Invest Overseas via FTZ
07/05/2015
China plans to allow Chinese individuals to invest in financial markets overseas through the Shanghai Free Trade Zone (FTZ).
GIC Adopts Omgeo ALERT to Boost Operational Efficiency
07/05/2015
Omgeo announces that Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC has adopted Omgeo ALERT as its settlement instruction service.
China Increases Foreign Access to Domestic Bond Market
07/05/2015
China moves towards liberalising its domestic capital markets by allowing a group of foreign institutions to invest in its domestic bond market.
Securities / Derivatives
Taiwan to Update Bank Merger Policy in May
06/05/2015
Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission said it will update a policy that will promote mergers in the domestic banking industry.
Securities / Derivatives
Malaysia Central Bank Issues New Guidelines on Restructured Loans
06/05/2015
Bank Negara Malaysia, the country’s central bank, is revising guidelines on restructured and rescheduled (R&R) loans in a move that could impact the asset quality and earnings of local banks.
CCB (Asia) Selects Wolters Kluwer to Help Address Regulatory Reporting Requirements
05/05/2015
China Construction Bank (Asia) has announced they will be implementing Wolter Kluwers, OneSumX Regulatory Reporting solution.
ASIC Repeals Certain Market Integrity Rules
04/05/2015
Australian Investments & Securities Commission has refined its market integrity rules by removing certain unnecessary compliance requirements on market participants.
India’s SEBI to Alter Rules on Alternative Investment Funds
04/05/2015
The Securities and Exchange Board of India plans to introduce changes in the rules on alternative investment funds (AIFs).
Dollar Spikes Reflect ‘Normal Market’, Says ASIC in Preliminary Report
03/05/2015
Spikes in the Australian dollar ahead of Reserve Bank interest rates decisions were the result of lower liquidity in the market before announcements are made, Australian Securities & Investments Commission said in a preliminary finding.
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