Capital / Liquidity

APRA Announced Further Reduction in Committed Liquidity Facility

06/01/2021

If outstanding government securities continue to increase beyond 2021, the CLF may no longer be required in the foreseeable future, APRA says.

Enforcement

PBOC Confiscates $3m in Illegal Gains from Credit Bureau

06/01/2021

The credit bureau engaged in personal credit business without approval and failed to report senior management changes in a timely manner.

Securities / Derivatives

India: IFSCA Becomes IOSCO Associate Member

06/01/2021

The IFSCA was established in April 2020 as a unified authority to regulate all financial services in Gift City, India’s international financial services centre.

ATO Reviews Superannuation Withdrawals for Rule Breaches

06/01/2021

The ATO will consider applying penalties for wrongful superannuation withdrawal only in serious cases where an applicant has deliberately applied, knowing they were not eligible.

Securities / Derivatives

FTSE Russell to Remove More Chinese Companies from Indexes

06/01/2021

The three companies being removed are China United Network Communications, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation and Nanjing Panda Electronics.

AML / KYC

China: Ex-Huarong Chairman Sentenced to Death for Corruption

06/01/2021

Convicted on bribery, embezzlement and bigamy charges, Lai Xiaomin will also be deprived of all political rights for life and have all of his personal property confiscated.

Market Infrastructure

Hong Kong Set to Implement Group-Wide Supervision for Insurance

06/01/2021

Newly gazetted subsidiary legislation will allow the Insurance Authority to set capital, regulatory reporting and public disclosure requirements for insurance groups.

Enforcement

SFC Bans CCB Asia Branch Manager for Life

05/01/2021

The former manager used a cashier’s order application form pre-signed by a customer to misappropriate HK$3.6mn in April 2019.

Market Infrastructure

China Relaxes Restrictions on Cross-Border RMB Business

05/01/2021

Domestic banks can open personal RMB accounts for Hong Kong and Macau residents, which can be used to receive up CNY 80,000 daily from same name accounts.