Cryptocurrency

Japan Passes Virtual Currency Legislation

25/05/2016

Exchanges can be subject to FSA administrative orders; 2nd new law allows banks to buy non-financial firms.

Cybersecurity

SWIFT to Reinforce Security

25/05/2016

Messaging service has had security questioned since Bangladesh Bank scandal.

Structural Regulation

Vietnamese Banks Seek Increased Foreign Ownership

25/05/2016

Lenders lobbying to increase foreign shareholding limit to more than 40 percent.

Market Abuse

How Friendships Cloak Financial Gain in China

24/05/2016

The importance of understanding the links between China’s fund managers and analysts.

Anti-Money Laundering

MAS Orders Branch of Swiss Private Bank to Shut Down

24/05/2016

Regulator says bank involved in Singapore’s ‘worst case of control lapses and gross misconduct’.

Structural Regulation

India to Lift Commodity Exchange Foreign Investor Limit

24/05/2016

Foreign investors will be able to hold up to 15% in stock and commodity exchanges.

Supervision & Enforcement

HK, US Regulators Agree Mutual Supervision, Oversight

24/05/2016

SFC and FINRA sign agreement on regulation of entities with cross-border operations.

Emerging Prudential Risks

CSRC to Tighten Fund Risk Rules

23/05/2016

Securities regulator says risky investments have been ‘blindly expanded’.

Structural Regulation

China to Clean Up Online Finance

23/05/2016

New plan will prevent P2P lenders from holding client money in house.