Alternative Markets

Singapore’s Temasek Establishes New Portfolio Dedicated to Private Credit

10/12/2024

Temasek said the move will enhance its ability to capture global private credit opportunities and shape a resilient and forward-looking portfolio.

Credit Risk

Taiwan Relaxes Rules for Providing Credit to HNW Clients

10/12/2024

Banks are allowed to accept foreign bonds, offshore structured products, or foreign currency-denominated structured bonds as collateral.

Structural Regulation

India Surprises Market With New RBI Governor Appointment

10/12/2024

Sanjay Malhotra, Revenue Secretary in the Ministry of Finance, was appointed as RBI governor for a three-year term.

Payments & Settlements

Sifma Releases Findings from Regulated Settlement Network PoC

09/12/2024

The findings demonstrated the potential of shared ledger technology to settle tokenised money and securities and address current inefficiencies and operational risks.

Market Abuse

FSC Korea Refers First Finfluencer Cases for Prosecution

09/12/2024

The FSC said the finfluencers pre-purchased stocks and then recommended and sold those stocks to their subscribers to make unfair profits.

Trading & Investment

SEBI Proposes to Introduce Closing Auction Session for Indian Stocks

09/12/2024

SEBI proposes to replace the VWAP mechanism with a 15-minute CAS session to determine the closing prices of stocks.

Capital Adequacy

APRA Proposes Updates to Reporting Standard for Capital Adequacy

08/12/2024

The amendments to ARS 110 account for APRA’s new rules for banks on liquidity management and IRRBB reporting.

Structural Regulation

SEBI to Require Central Storage of IPO Due Diligence Documents

08/12/2024

SEBI said the stock exchanges have set up a platform which merchant banks must use to store their IPO due diligence documents.

Capital Adequacy

Hong Kong Gazettes Basel III Related Codes of Practice

08/12/2024

One new and two amended codes of practice were gazetted and HKMA issued a revised version of its banking disclosure guidelines.