Editors
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Japan to Require Foreign Investment Reviews for More Industries
20/08/2024
Foreign investment in companies that produce machinery, equipment, parts, and materials used in semiconductor manufacturing will be subject to review.
AML / KYC
China, US Exchange Letters of Cooperation on Financial Stability
20/08/2024
PBOC and US Treasury officials agreed to strengthen information sharing and coordinate in times of financial stress and operational resilience issues.
Enforcement
US SEC Fines Billionaire Investor Carl Icahn for Disclosure Failures
20/08/2024
Carl Icahn failed to disclose pledges of more than half of his stock in publicly traded Icahn Enterprises for billions of dollars in personal margin loans.
Enforcement
FSS Korea Assessing Data Protection at Naver Pay & Toss
20/08/2024
KakaoPay shared customer credit information with Alipay without consent. The FSS is assessing whether Naver Pay and Toss had similar breaches.
Crypto / Digital Assets
ICMA Publishes New GMRA Annex Dedicated to Digital Assets
19/08/2024
The Annex was prepared by ICMA, ISLA, and Clifford Chance to provide a standardised framework for documenting repo transactions involving digital assets.
Enforcement
Korean Expands Probe into Unfair Practices in ETF Market
19/08/2024
The FSS is investigating whether asset managers had help from group affiliates to increase the net asset values of ETFs they issued.
Market Infrastructure
ACCC Greenlights Experian Takeover of Rival illion
19/08/2024
The ACCC said the merger will not impact competition in the consumer credit reporting market because of the dominance of market leader Equifax.
Capital / Liquidity
BOK Seeks to Promote Growth in Resident Foreign Currency Deposits
19/08/2024
Foreign currency deposits in Korea only accounted for 5.4% of total deposits at the end of last year, compared to around 20.1 in OECD countries.
AML / KYC
Lithuania Intensifying Crackdown on Sanctions Evasion Activities
19/08/2024
Over 50 investigations relating to sanctions breaches have been opened in Lithuania. Rulings in several cases have already been issued.
Securities / Derivatives
Indonesia to Establish Money Market CCP by End of Year
19/08/2024
Bank Indonesia and eight banks will invest in and help develop the CCP, which will be housed under IDClear, the CCP for the country’s capital market.
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