Ranamita is a Singapore-based reporter with over five years of experience in journalism, content writing and public relations. She holds a Master's degree in International Relations from RSIS, NTU Singapore and a Bachelor of Communication degree from Murdoch University, Australia.
ESG / Sustainability
HKEX Signs Collaboration MoU with Guangzhou Futures Exchange
30/08/2021
HKEX and GFEX will work together to develop China’s derivatives markets, explore a green and low-carbon market, and promote sustainability.
Market Infrastructure
ASIFMA Warns SEBI Against Move to T+1 Settlement
30/08/2021
SEBI has established a panel of experts to look into moving from T+2 to T+1. ASIFMA says such a move will prove problematic for global investors.
Enforcement
ASIC Prioritises Economic Recovery in New Corporate Plan
26/08/2021
ASIC’s key external priorities for the next four years include the economy, innovation, consumer harm, cyber resilience, and industry readiness for regulatory reforms.
Market Infrastructure
BSP to Roll Out Unified Data Standards for FIs by Year-End
25/08/2021
The framework seeks to ensure that all the information obtained by and passed through different digital channels is handled ethically.
Market Infrastructure
BSP Designates RTGS System as Systemically Important
23/08/2021
The BSP was granted authority to designate systemically important payment systems under the National Payment Systems Act, which was signed into law in 2018.
Big Picture
BIS Paper Warns of Delayed Corporate Insolvency Wave
20/08/2021
Unexpected credit losses could leave banks with inadequate loss-absorbing resources, warns a new working paper from the BIS.
Market Infrastructure
RBI Says Only Visa Complies With Data Localisation Rules
19/08/2021
Visa is the only foreign card network that complies with requirements for financial data on Indian customers to be stored locally, the RBI says.
AML / KYC
Darkweb Blockchain Analytics Tool Gets Shut Down
19/08/2021
A service that was being used by criminals to check whether their own bitcoin wallets were linked to criminal activity has been shut down.
AML / KYC
Hong Kong Passes Bill to Curb Illegal Wildlife Trade
19/08/2021
The bill enables law enforcement to inspect the IWT-associated financial flows of individuals and companies and confiscate their proceeds of crime.
AML / KYC
Singapore Court Jails Key Members of SkillsFuture Scam
17/08/2021
A husband and wife were jailed for 17 and 14 years respectively after pleading guilty to cheating, forgery and money laundering offences.
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