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Enforcement
ICBC Under Probe for Underwriting, Bond Pricing Practices
06/04/2023
The pricing of debt financing instruments underwritten by ICBC “seriously deviated from the reasonable level of the market” and “disturbed the market order”.
Crypto / Digital Assets
UBS Executes Cross-border Intraday Repo on Broadridge Blockchain Platform
06/04/2023
Intraday repo provides a more efficient means of managing liquidity, while also providing additional funding flexibility and reducign operational risk.
AML / KYC
UPDATED – HK Police Charge 10 Suspects for Ramp-and-Dump Activities
06/04/2023
Four of the individuals are alleged to have conspired with some of the individuals who were charged last September to use nominee accounts to corner the shares of two target stocks.
Fintech / Regtech
Malaysia Issues 2nd Consultation on New Consumer Credit Act
06/04/2023
The new consultation paper covers licensing, financial, governance and conduct requirements for unregulated credit services including BNPL providers.
Crypto / Digital Assets
‘Genesis’ Darknet Market Sanctioned and Shuttered by Authorities
06/04/2023
Law enforcement arrested 119 people and conducted 208 property searches in connection with Genesis Market, a criminal marketplace believed to be located in Russia.
Crypto / Digital Assets
UPDATED – Binance Faces Added Regulatory Pressures Amid CFTC Charges
05/04/2023
Dubai’s VARA is asking Binance for more information. ASIC is meanwhile reviewing Binance’s Australia derivatives business and has cancelled its licence.
Capital / Liquidity
FDIC Retains BlackRock Unit to Sell SVB, Signature Bank Securities
05/04/2023
The FDIC retained BlackRock Financial Market Advisory to sell about $114bn in securities. Signature Bank loans still in receivership will be marketed “later this summer”.
Market Infrastructure
Industry Bodies Say EU BMR Presents ‘Cliff-edge Risks’
05/04/2023
Industry bodies say only benchmarks designated as systemically important should be in scope of BMR for mandatory compliance.
Fintech / Regtech
JPX Launches Paid Data Service for Retail Investors
05/04/2023
The paid version of the J-Quants API includes datasets that were “highly requested” by users of the beta service.
Crypto / Digital Assets
Four Crypto Platforms Directed to Stop Offering Services in Japan
05/04/2023
Bybit, MEXC Global, Bitforex, and Bitget were warned against offering services to Japanese residents without registration.
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