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Structural Regulation
New Zealand Exempts Personalised Robo-advice from Licensing Regime
19/10/2017
Providers still need to be pre-approved to offer financial advice; new rules formalising licensing of robo-advice per se expected in 2019.
Conduct, Culture & Accountability
10,000 Individuals Register Under Hong Kong MIC Regime
19/10/2017
About 40% of individuals to have registered under MIC so far are unlicensed as they are in charge of operations or control functions, SFC says.
Structural Regulation
ASEAN Integration Framework on Course for Completion by 2020
19/10/2017
Banking integration framework will allow cross-border operation by lenders from 10 Southeast Asian nations, BSP official confirms.
Resolution & Recovery
HK Legco to Consider Recovery Planning, Large Exposures Bill
19/10/2017
Banking Ordinance already includes resolution, but not recovery, requirements; HKMA to retain ‘general power’ on exposure limits.
Conduct, Culture & Accountability
Malaysia to Introduce Bank Employee Screening, Ethics Requirements
16/10/2017
Central bank moves to improve ethics within the industry, will require banks to introduce minimum conduct standards and policy.
Structural Regulation
India Releases Draft Rules for Electronic Trading Platforms
16/10/2017
Move comes as National Stock Exchange bids to end case of alleged unfair access via its co-location facility by offering to pay fine.
Liquidity Risk
BCBS Set to Finalise Last Two Elements of Global Policy Agenda
16/10/2017
BCBS secretary general tells IMF it will publish step-in risk guidelines next month, leaving capital output floor as final element of policy agenda.
Structural Regulation
US, Europe Agree Margin Requirement, Trading Venue ‘Comparability’
16/10/2017
Swap dealers or major market participants subject to EC margin rules can assume ‘substituted compliance’ when dealing in US.
CBDCs
PBOC Completes Algorithm Testing on Digital Fiat Currency
16/10/2017
Central bank leading the race to create world first amid ongoing clampdown on virtual currency exchanges and coin offerings.
KYC & CDD
FIs No Longer Have to Verify Client Addresses for AML/CTF – HKMA
12/10/2017
AML/CTF regulations to be changed; banking regulator says any current absence of address verification will be seen as justified.
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