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    Fintech / Regtech

    US Banks Impose Restrictions on Use of ChatGPT

    01/03/2023

    JPMorgan, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, Wells Fargo and Bank of America are among those reported to have imposed restrictions.

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    Securities / Derivatives

    HKEX to Commence FINI External User Testing from 1 March

    28/02/2023

    External user testing will occur between 1 March and 19 May. The new web-based platform will officially roll out later this year.

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    Securities / Derivatives

    China: New Rules for Private Fund Industry to Take Effect in May

    28/02/2023

    Private equity and hedge fund managers will need at least CNY 10 million in paid-in capital to operate, about five times more than the existing requirements.

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    Market Infrastructure

    Australia Seeks Input to Craft New 7-Year Cyber Security Strategy

    28/02/2023

    A new discussion paper released by the government says the Optus and Medibank incidents made clear that the government was “ill-equipped to respond”.

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    Malaysia, Cambodia to Cooperate on Capital Markets Development

    28/02/2023

    The securities regulators of Malaysia and Cambodia have signed an MoU agreeing to bolster cooperation and capacity building.

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    Enforcement

    SFC Bans Former Dah Sing Bank Representative for Life

    28/02/2023

    The former relationship manager convinced an elderly customer to redeem an investment and then used the proceeds to repay his own debts.

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    AML / KYC

    FATF Agrees Roadmap to Strengthen Adoption of Crypto AML Standards

    28/02/2023

    The roadmap will include a stocktake of steps taken globally to regulate and supervise virtual asset service providers.

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    HKMA Offers Guidance on Streamlining Investment Sales Process

    28/02/2023

    The HKMA said “misunderstandings” on the regulatory standards that may have may have lengthened investment product selling processes.

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    Enforcement

    New York AG Files Suit Against Crypto Exchange CoinEx

    28/02/2023

    CoinEx falsely represented itself as being an exchange and did not register as a securities and commodities broker-dealer.

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    Securities / Derivatives

    Taiwan FSC Announcing Easing of Short Selling Restrictions

    28/02/2023

    The FSC has eased the limit on the volume of intraday securities lending orders and lowered short-sale margin requirements.

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