Securities / Derivatives

Sri Lanka Banks Select Wolters Kluwer Reporting Solution

12/06/2015

Commercial Bank of Ceylon and Hatton National Bank will become the first banks in Sri Lanka to become compliant with International Financial Reporting Standards.

RBI Announces New Debt Restructuring Measures to Help Banks Tackle Bad Debt

11/06/2015

The Reserve Bank of India announces a new scheme to help banks deal with their mountains of bad debt.

Securities / Derivatives

Long Term Success of Stock Connect Hinges on Removal of Barriers

11/06/2015

Study commissioned shows the long-term success of the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect hinges on removing barriers to participation.

China Seeking Access to Foreign Technology Providers Source Code

11/06/2015

Beijing is working on a new series of rules that would require foreign technology firms to give up their source code in exchange for Chinese business.

Securities / Derivatives

Taiwan Eyes Stock-Trading Link with Hong Kong and Shanghai

11/06/2015

Taiwan’s asset management industry sees an equity-trading link with Hong Kong as the next move following the launch of the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect

Securities / Derivatives

Vietnam Banking Regulator Clamps down on Excess Holdings at Banks

11/06/2015

The State Bank of Vietnam has issued a regulation requiring stakeholders to reduce their excess holdings in local banks to the permitted limits.

Korean Regulator to Raise Capital Requirements on Systematically Important Banks

11/06/2015

The Financial Supervisory Service will increase capital requirements domestic systemically important banks to comply with international rules.

SEBI-FMC Merger Expected by September

11/06/2015

The merger proposed in the 2015-2016 Union Budget is expected to be completed by September.

Securities / Derivatives

Philippine Central Bank Imposes Higher Capital Requirement on Banks

08/06/2015

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas has issued a new regulation requiring banks to maintain a minimum of 5 percent leverage ratio.