Editors
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Articles by Editors
ESG / Sustainability
CBIRC Directs Insurers to Report Data on Green Insurance Business
16/11/2022
Insurers will have to report the number of green insurance policies issued, premiums collected, amounts insured, claims filed, and indemnity paid.
FSC Korea to Create Online Platform for Replacing Costly Loans
16/11/2022
The platform will allow borrowers to compare interest rates offered by lenders and transfer their loans based on repayment costs.
Capital / Liquidity
APRA to Revise Financial Resources Rules for Super Trustees
16/11/2022
The proposed changes will require trustees to adopt a more sophisticated risk-based approach to the management of operational risk financial resources.
Securities / Derivatives
China Launches New Platform for Personal Pension Investors
15/11/2022
The platform allows users to open accounts, view product information, and communicate with FIs offering pension and wealth management products.
Fintech / Regtech
MAS, UN to Jointly Develop Digital Finance in Pacific Island LDCs
15/11/2022
The collaboration includes measures to improve MSME access to financing and financial services, initially in Pacific Island LDCs.
AML / KYC
GLEIF, SWIFT Collaborate to Enable Mapping Between MICs and LEIs
15/11/2022
GLEIF will publish new open-source relationship files monthly which will map Market Identifier Codes pertaining to legal entities to the corresponding LEIs.
Crypto / Digital Assets
Singapore and Hong Kong Regulators Address FTX Queries
15/11/2022
MAS said FTX is neither licensed nor exempt from licensing in Singapore. Hong Kong’s SFC said licensed fund managers’ exposure to FTX is “immaterial”.
AML / KYC
New US Sanctions Target Network Procuring Tech for Russia
15/11/2022
OFAC sanctions target microelectronics supply network. European Commission issues new FAQs. Canada targets 23 Russian individuals.
Securities / Derivatives
UOB Lists First Product on SGX Using Shenzhen ETF Link
15/11/2022
The SGX-listed ETF replicates the performance of SZSE’s ChiNext Index by investing in a Shenzhen-listed ETF managed by Ping An Fund Management.
Enforcement
US SEC Expands Staff Messaging Probe to Private Equity Firms
15/11/2022
KKR & Co, Apollo Global Management and Carlyle Group have disclosed that they are subject to the SEC’s regulatory probe.
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