Cloud & Infrastructure

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.

Structural Regulation

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).

Clearing & Post-Trade

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.

Trading & Investment

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.

Structural Regulation

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.

Credit Risk

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.

Structural Regulation

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.

Structural Regulation

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.

Alternative Markets

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).