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    Regulation Asia relies on a team of journalists, writers and editors to cover regulatory announcements across Asia Pacific. editorial@regulationasia.com

    Articles by Editors

    ESG / Sustainability

    SGX Lists First Low Carbon Index ETF Dedicated to APAC

    29/09/2022

    The ETF reflects the performance of nearly 200 large and mid-cap companies with low carbon characteristics in 11 markets in Asia Pacific.

    Enforcement

    SEC, CFTC Fine 16 Firms Over Use of Personal Devices, Chat Messaging

    29/09/2022

    The 16 firms agreed to pay a combined $1.82bn for failing to preserve staff communications on personal mobile devices, messaging apps and emails.

    Crypto / Digital Assets

    BIS Announces Successful Completion of mBridge CBDC Pilot

    29/09/2022

    The month-long testing phase facilitated more than 160 transfers and FX exchanges worth USD 22 million on the mBridge Ledger.

    Crypto / Digital Assets

    FTX Wins Auction to Buy Assets of Bankrupt Voyager Digital

    29/09/2022

    FTX won a “highly competitive auction process” that lasted two weeks with the “highest and best bid for its assets”, valued at just over USD 1.4 billion.

    Capital / Liquidity

    PBOC Raises Costs for Firms to Bet Against the Yuan

    29/09/2022

    The PBOC is actively discouraging currency speculation and asking banks to reintroduce a yuan fixing tool that was abandoned two years ago.

    AML / KYC

    CFTC Penalises Crypto Firm, Pursues First Case Against DAO

    29/09/2022

    Crypto firm bZeroX transferred its software protocol to a DAO and then marketed this as a way to be “enforcement-proof”.

    Capital / Liquidity

    New Zealand Introduce Bill to Enhance Depositor Protections

    28/09/2022

    The legislation will introduce a deposit protection scheme, new supervisory powers for the RBNZ, and a new accountability framework for deposit takers’ directors.

    Market Infrastructure

    SEBI Developing New Settlement Process for Stock Market

    28/09/2022

    Under the new system, funds for secondary stock market transactions would be blocked until securities settlement is done.

    Crypto / Digital Assets

    DBS Rolls Out Crypto Services to 100,000 More Investors

    28/09/2022

    Accredited wealth clients are able to trade four cryptocurrencies on DDEx – Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, and XRP.

    Crypto / Digital Assets

    Korea FSS Finds More Suspicious Crypto-Linked FX Transactions

    28/09/2022

    FSS investigations have so far involved 82 corporates and 12 banks. The total value of abnormal FX transactions discovered is now $7.2bn.

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