Manesh manages the news desk and serves as an editor at Regulation Asia. He covers regulatory changes across Asia Pacific that impact banking, capital markets, asset management, and financial services more generally. Manesh is a former trader and investment consultant with a degree in Finance and Banking. manesh@regulationasia.com
Capital / Liquidity
HKMA Considers Regulating Mortgage Lending by Nonbanks
01/06/2021
Non-bank institutions such as finance companies and property developers have managed to circumvent the HKMA’s mortgage lending limits.
Capital / Liquidity
PBOC Tightens FX Market Liquidity to Curb Speculation
01/06/2021
The PBOC has raised the RRR for foreign currency deposits for the first time in 14 years and asked enterprise and FIs not to engage in FX speculation.
Market Infrastructure
MAS Issues Consultation Response on Credit Reporting Regulations
01/06/2021
Licensed credit bureaus will be required to establish a Code of Conduct and comply with requirements on technology risk management and cyber security.
Capital / Liquidity
RBI Warns Banks to Prepare for Higher Provisioning
31/05/2021
Banks will need to closely monitor their asset quality in the coming quarters, the RBI said in its annual report.
Securities / Derivatives
MAS Raises Focus on Fund Liquidity Risk Practices
31/05/2021
MAS wants funds to increase the frequency of liquidity risk monitoring and to extend reporting of significant redemptions to non-retail funds.
Securities / Derivatives
CBIRC Finalises Rules on the Sale of Wealth Management Products
30/05/2021
The rules take effect from 27 June, with a new six-month transition period before full compliance is required.
Market Infrastructure
Japan to Require Disclosure of User Data Held Overseas
29/05/2021
Companies will reportedly also have to disclose how data management rules in foreign countries differ from those in Japan.
Market Infrastructure
LIBOR Transition in Cash Markets Remains Slow: ASIC
28/05/2021
Only 14 percent of post-cessation date loans have robust fallbacks in place, said ASIC’s Nathan Bourne at a Bloomberg-ICMA webinar.
Market Infrastructure
FIA Seeks Additional Clarity on China’s “Historic” Futures Law
27/05/2021
FIA is requesting additional clarity on settlement finality and proposing that the protections in the new futures law be further expanded.
Enforcement
SFC Fines Ewarton Securities Over Staff Trading Controls
27/05/2021
A lack of internal controls resulted in Ewarton’s failure to detect and prevent unauthorised or improper activities by a licensed representative.
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