KYC & CDD

SEBI Takes Call for Unified KYC to Finance Ministry

06/04/2016

Regulator asks ministry to allow acceptance of bank KYC for fund accounts.

Clearing & Post-Trade

IOSCO Updates OTC Derivatives Information Repository

05/04/2016

Information on central clearing requirements covers Japan, Korea, Hong Kong and Singapore.

Anti-Money Laundering

Philippine Stock Exchange to Tighten AML Measures

05/04/2016

Enhanced KYC rules to be introduced in aftermath of Bangladesh Bank scandal.

Market Abuse

SEBI Surveillance Exposes Exchange Abuses

05/04/2016

More than 1,000 entities to be barred for abusing exchanges to evade taxes, manipulate market.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability

Moody’s SFC Fine Halved, Ruling Upheld

01/04/2016

Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Appeals Tribunal upheld a ruling that a Moody’s Investors Service report was misleading and inaccurate. […]

Structural Regulation

Graeme Wheeler to Head BIS’s Asian Council

01/04/2016

New Zealand Reserve Bank Governor replaces Amando Tetangco Jr of BSG.

Credit Risk

Tighter Forex Loan Rules Hit Vietnamese Banks

01/04/2016

Ban on foreign currency loans exchanged into VND for equipment and machinery.

Structural Regulation

Thailand SEC Consults on Financial Reporting Rules

01/04/2016

Consultation covers reporting standards and agricultural derivatives transactions.

Structural Regulation

Asian Financial Cooperation Association to Launch in July

31/03/2016

Association to develop standards on financial innovation, financial infrastructure construction and risk management.