Trading & Investment

China Cuts Dividend Tax for Long Term Investors

08/09/2015

China will remove personal income tax on dividends for shareholders who hold stocks for more than a year, in a bid to encourage longer-term investment in equities.

Trading & Investment

China Proposes Circuit Breaker to Curb Volatility

08/09/2015

China’s stock exchanges are soliciting public opinion on an index circuit breaker system, which would temporarily suspend trading in the event of excessive fluctuations.

Structural Regulation

ASEAN Regulators Ease Cross-Border Capital Raising

08/09/2015

Regulators in Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand have jointly issued a handbook to streamline the review framework for cross-border equity and debt securities offerings in ASEAN.

Structural Regulation

S Korea to Lower Barriers for Foreign Banks

07/09/2015

Korea’s Financial Services Commission will ease regulations for foreign lenders seeking to expand their banking operations in a bid to boost the country’s global competitiveness.

Structural Regulation

IOSCO Publishes Report on Securitisation Incentive Alignment Progress

07/09/2015

The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has published a final report describing the implementation progress made by 25 jurisdictions in adopting incentive alignment regimes for securitisation.

Structural Regulation

Framework Needed for Listing of India’s Exchanges

07/09/2015

The Securities and Exchange Board of India will soon have to put in place a framework for the listing of stock exchanges.

Trading & Investment

Taiwan Seeks Trading Link with Malaysia

06/09/2015

The Taiwan Stock Exchange is open to exploring setting up a stock-trading link with Malaysia if Bursa Malaysia is interested.

Structural Regulation

IOSCO Publishes Peer Review of Regulation of Money Market Funds

05/09/2015

Report describes implementation progress made by 31 jurisdictions in adopting legislation, regulation and other policies in relation to money market funds.

Market Data & Technology

CPMI-IOSCO Consult on Harmonisation of OTC Derivatives Data Elements

05/09/2015

Focuses on a first batch of key data elements, other than UTI and UPI, that are considered important for consistent and meaningful aggregation on a global basis.