Conduct, Culture & Accountability

ASIC to Step up Monitoring of Bank Culture

21/07/2016

Australian public regards financial sector as having weakest ethics, Governance Institute survey finds.

Market Data & Technology

ASX Chooses Metamako

21/07/2016

Australian exchange to use Metamako for real-time monitoring of new trading platform.

Capital Adequacy

Brexit May Turn European Banks to Asia

20/07/2016

Asia’s vigour could bring new life to moribund Europeans; latter’s savvy with riskier products has its own attractions.

Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime

Japanese Newspaper Links Blacklisted Brokers to Panama Papers

20/07/2016

Financial Futures Association notes Japan is one of the world’s largest markets for binary options.

Data Privacy

MAS Probes Bank ‘Data Dump’

20/07/2016

Dumped documents include corporate statements, loan applications, client passwords and internal reports.

Structural Regulation

SEBI to Relax REIT Norms

20/07/2016

Proposed amendments to regulation will allow more holding structure parties to participate.

Trading & Investment

Japan Exchange Group (JPX) Launches Next Generation Technology Suite Powered by Nasdaq

20/07/2016

Japan Exchange Group (JPX) and Nasdaq officially announce JPX has gone live with new next-generation derivatives trading system for Osaka Exchange.

Liquidity Risk

PBOC Official Warns of ‘Liquidity Trap’

19/07/2016

Head of statistics says government still has room to expand China’s fiscal deficit.

Trading & Investment

SFC Said Surveying Brokerages on Dark Pool Compliance

19/07/2016

Dark pools comprised about 1.6% of Hong Kong securities market turnover last month.