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    Regulation Asia relies on a team of journalists, writers and editors to cover regulatory announcements across Asia Pacific. editorial@regulationasia.com

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    Securities / Derivatives

    Australia Commences Review of 2021 Disclosure Law Amendments

    01/11/2023

    The review will seek to determine whether the 2021 amendments are working as intended.

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    Capital / Liquidity

    BOK, FSS Agree to Share Data on Non-bank Depository Institutions

    01/11/2023

    The MoU aims to enhance monitoring so BOK can quickly provide liquidity support to non-bank deposit institutions that run into trouble.

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    Market Infrastructure

    BOJ Pledges More Flexibile Yield Curve Control Policy

    01/11/2023

    The BOJ said its strict cap on long-term interest rates would in principle have “strong positive effects”, but that it could also entail “large side effects”.

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    AML / KYC

    FATF Consults on Amendments to Recommendation 25 Guidance

    01/11/2023

    The guidance will support implementation of the revised Recommendation 25, to help address risks from trusts or similar legal arrangements.

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    Crypto / Digital Assets

    Thailand’s Kasikorn Bank Acquires Digital Asset Exchange

    01/11/2023

    Kasikornbank has also established a digital asset custodian, a digital asset fund management company, and a blockchain infrastructure development company.

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    Fintech / Regtech

    MAS to Launch POC to Enhance Interoperability for QR Payments

    01/11/2023

    The POC will explore the feasibility of enabling merchants to accept QR payments from a variety of local and international payment schemes by signing up with a single FI.

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    ESG / Sustainability

    BOK, KRX to Test CBDC Use in Carbon Emissions Trading

    01/11/2023

    More specific details on the experiment will be announced at the end of November. The experiment is scheduled to be conducted in Q3 and Q4 next year.

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    AML / KYC

    FATF Issues Report on Crowdfunding for Terrorism Financing

    01/11/2023

    The report describes how terrorist groups exploit crowdfunding platforms and provides risk indicators and recommendations to help combat this activity.

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    Crypto / Digital Assets

    Malaysia’s Fusang Exchange Issues First Institutional Tokenised Sukuk

    01/11/2023

    The digital sukuk is os structured as a depositary receipt, backed by a sukuk issued by the International Islamic Liquidity Management Corp.

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    Sanctions

    US, UK, Canada Announce New Myanmar Sanctions

    01/11/2023

    OFAC restricts financing to Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE), as UK and Canada add new names to asset freeze lists.

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