Securities / Derivatives

SIX Swiss Exchange Lists First Chinese A-Shares as GDRs

28/07/2022

The listings mark the official launch of the China-Switzerland Stock Connect programme. More than ten other companies have disclosed plans to issue GDRs in Switzerland.

RBNZ to Improve Readability of Bank Assurance Reports

28/07/2022

The RBNZ will implement changes designed to rationalise the structure of the assurance reports and improve their readability.

Securities / Derivatives

Taiwan FSC Allows Banks to Offer ‘One-Stop’ Investment Services

28/07/2022

Under new rules, bank customers will have the option to direct their bank to dispose of foreign securities obtained through the conversion of structured products.

Capital / Liquidity

Bangladesh Bank Relaxes Loan Rescheduling Policy

28/07/2022

Businesses can make a smaller down payment to reschedule their loans. Rescheduling will allowed up to four times, compared to three times previously.

AML / KYC

ASIC Warns of Prevalence of Payment Redirection Scams

28/07/2022

The latest ACCC data shows that payment redirection scams caused the highest losses to businesses in 2021.

AML / KYC

Philippine Court Jails Seven Over Investment Scam

28/07/2022

Seven perpetrators of a PHP 3 billion investment scam were sentenced to 20 years in jail each on top of financial penalties. Four others remain at large.

Fintech / Regtech

UK Regulators Progress Work to Transform Data Collection

28/07/2022

The BOE and FCA will delivering a more “intuitive” form design across regulatory returns that will make data submission “simpler, faster, and more valuable”.

ESG / Sustainability

ESG & the Evolving Demands on Asset Managers and Banks

28/07/2022

Asset managers in Asia could be forgiven for thinking ESG stood for Ever-Shifting Ground.

Australia to Update Guidance on Payment Times Reporting

28/07/2022

Treasury says it has received a high number of enquiries from reporting entities and their advisers regarding administration of the Payment Times Reporting Scheme.