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Alternative Markets
HK Insurance Authority Unveils Details of ILS Grant Scheme
07/05/2021
Onshore and offshore sponsors of insurance-linked securities are eligible for the grant scheme, capped at HK$12mn per issuance.
AI Risk & Governance
SGX RegCo Deploys AI & Machine Learning to Detect Risk
06/05/2021
SGX RegCo is adapting information from companies’ disclosures into structured data that can be more quickly analysed.
Trading & Investment
US Banks Execute First BSBY-Linked Swaps Transaction
06/05/2021
Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase entered into a $250mn one-year basis swap with one side tied to BSBY, the other to SOFR.
Structural Regulation
New Zealand Passes Financial Market Infrastructures Bill
06/05/2021
The Bill provides the RBNZ and FMA with comprehensive regulatory, supervisory, enforcement, and crisis management powers in respect of important FMIs.
Reporting & Disclosures
Japan to Incorporate Human Rights in Governance Code – Report
06/05/2021
Authorities will be pushing companies to root out potential forced labour and human trafficking abuses in their supply chains.
Operational Risk
China SOEs Directed to Rein In Unauthorised Derivatives Trading
06/05/2021
SOEs are directed to ensure their subsidiaries are qualified and properly approved to trade financial derivatives, and able to manage the associated risk.
Sustainable Finance
MAS Launches FinTech Hackcelerator Focused on Green Finance
06/05/2021
Fintech firms and solution providers are invited to submit innovative solutions to address any of 52 problem statements related to green finance.
Trading & Investment
BSEC Allows Foreign Companies to Sponsor Mutual Funds
06/05/2021
Foreign companies will be allowed to become sponsors of mutual funds, subject to a maximum contribution of 25 percent of the find size.
Credit Risk
CBIRC Optimises Supervision of Foreign Banks in China
06/05/2021
The move is expected to allow foreign banks to play a role in facilitating China’s financial market opening-up and channelling funds into the economy.
Data Privacy
Australia Considers Making CDR Data More Portable
06/05/2021
Under draft rules, accredited businesses would be able to share CDR data with their agents, or sponsor other parties to become accredited.
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