Fintech / Regtech

Korea to Enhance KCIS Data to Facilitate SME Lending

28/12/2022

More granular information on SMEs will be added to the public credit registry. Additional measures will enhance competition in the credit rating market.

ESG / Sustainability

India Plans to Develop Carbon Market by 2026 – Report

28/12/2022

A compliance market and voluntary market will be set up, along with a stabilisation fund to support prices of carbon credits.

Big Picture

BIS Stresses Importance of Information Governance in Sustainable Finance

28/12/2022

BIS paper says enhancing information governance in sustainable finance can reduce risks to financial stability and the long-term robustness of the green transition.

Press Release

Regulation Asia: Top 20 News Stories for 2022

28/12/2022

This list presents the most-read new stories published by Regulation Asia in 2022, based on aggregated user traffic analytics.

Press Release

Regulation Asia: Top Ten Contributed Articles for 2022

28/12/2022

This list presents the most-read contributed articles published by Regulation Asia in 2022, based on aggregated user traffic analytics.

Crypto / Digital Assets

UK ASA Orders Removal of “Misleading” Crypto.com Ad

27/12/2022

The ASA said the ad was misleading because “it failed to illustrate the risk of investing in NFTs” and “it didn’t make clear that fees would apply”.

Securities / Derivatives

Korea Gets New Guidelines for PE Fund Asset Evaluations

27/12/2022

Effective from 1 January 2023, the guidelines are part of the response by the FSS and KOFIA to boost market confidence after a series of hedge fund scandals in Korea.

Securities / Derivatives

CSRC to Allow Backdoor Listings by Property Developers

27/12/2022

The measure is one of several outlined at a recent meeting to bolster the property sector and the capital market in the year ahead.

Market Infrastructure

EU Member States Agree on Revisions to CSDR

27/12/2022

The mandatory buy-in regime would be used as a “measure of last resort”, activated only in the case where the “level of settlement fails would be substantial in the EU.”