Nithya Subramanian
Nithya Subramanian, a deputy editor at Regulation Asia, has wide experience covering the financial sector in India and Singapore. She has written extensively about wealth management, capital markets and insurance sectors tracking policy and corporate developments. Researching and writing about the South Asian diaspora settled in Singapore and the region is another area of interest. She has a post-graduate degree in English literature. Reach out to her at nithya@regulationasia.com
Articles by Nithya Subramanian
Enforcement
MAS Imposes Fines on Five Individuals for False Trading
27/02/2025
Joint investigations by MAS and the police found that the group was artificially inflating the share price of Epicentre Holdings in 2019.
Malaysia to Co-invest in SMEs via Crowdfunding, P2P Platforms
27/02/2025
A new fund is being established which will invest in companies via ECF and P2P platforms using a blended financing model.
Securities / Derivatives
SEBI Proposes to Revise Derivatives Market Rules
27/02/2025
The changes include lower position limits for stock derivatives and stricter eligibility criteria for index derivatives.
Capital / Liquidity
RBI Lowers Risk Weights for Bank Loans to NBFCs, Microfinance Loans
27/02/2025
The RBI restored the risk weights applicable to microfinance loans and to bank exposures to NBFCs to pre-November 2023 levels.
Fintech / Regtech
OJK Indonesia Launches New Capital Market Suptech Tool
27/02/2025
The new application uses big data analytics to improve surveillance, monitoring, and analysis in the capital market sector.
Market Infrastructure
RBI Issues Final Guidelines for Forward Contracts in G-Secs
26/02/2025
Effective 2 May 2025, the guidelines establish a regulatory framework for forward contracts in the OTC market involving G-Secs.
Enforcement
SEBI Fines Indian Clearing Corporation for Cybersecurity Lapses
26/02/2025
SEBI said the BSE subsidiary didn’t maintain an up-to-date inventory of IT assets or comply with requirements to identify critical assets.
Market Infrastructure
Singapore Banks Have Completed the Transition to SORA
26/02/2025
The transition, which concluded in December 2024, enhances trust and confidence in SGD interest rates and strengthens market resilience.
Securities / Derivatives
Vietnam Securities Commission Signs Information-Sharing MoU
25/02/2025
The SSC signed the IOSCO APRC Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding for Supervisory Cooperation (SMMoU).
Fund Managers Facings Singapore Approval Delays: Report
25/02/2025
A surge in applications has extended wait times for fund manager approvals in Singapore to nearly eight months, surpassing the regulator’s six-month target.
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