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    Fintech / Regtech

    OCBC Suffers Near Four-hour Bank Service Outage

    28/08/2023

    OCBC’s internet and mobile banking platforms were disrupted from around 8.30am until around 12.20pm on Monday.

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    Securities / Derivatives

    SEBI Tightens Disclosure Norms for FPIs with Concentrated Investments

    28/08/2023

    FPIs will have to disclose all their owners if they hold over 50% of their India AUM in a single corporate group.

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    Securities / Derivatives

    DSE Seeks Rule Relaxations to Boost Alternative Trading Board

    28/08/2023

    The ATB was launched this January but has failed to attract investors and still has only two securities listed.

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    Market Infrastructure

    BRICS Nations Invite Six Nations to Join as Members

    27/08/2023

    BRICS officials will develop measures to reduce their reliance on the USD in trade, in favour of using local currencies.

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    Securities / Derivatives

    SEBI to Allow NRIs, OCIs to Invest More in GIFT City via FPIs

    27/08/2023

    SEBI proposes to allow IFSCA regulated FPIs to accept higher levels of investment from Indian citizens residing overseas.

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    China Eases Mortgage Rules to Boost Property Market

    27/08/2023

    The new measures will allow more individuals to be treated as first-time homebuyers, which means better mortgage rates and lower down payments.

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    Sanctions

    New Zealand Joins US, UK in Sanctions over Treatment of Ukrainian Children

    27/08/2023

    The New Zealand and US sanctions coincided with Ukrainian Independence Day on 24 August.

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    AML / KYC

    HK Police Arrest 11 in HK$124m Money Laundering Case

    27/08/2023

    Police believe the laundered funds could be tied to more than 20 fraud cases, including email and loan scams, and commercial and investment fraud.

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    Market Infrastructure

    Vietnam to Launch New Securities Trading System in December

    26/08/2023

    The new system has already been delayed several years due to the Covid-19 pandemic and other factors. Securities firms are still behind schedule on testing.

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    ESG / Sustainability

    Indonesia’s OJK Issues New Rules for Carbon Trading

    26/08/2023

    The rules set out how OJK will supervise carbon trading ahead of the planned launch of Indonesia’s first carbon exchange by end-September.

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