Trading & Investment

SEBI Considering New Spot Market Pricing Mechanism

28/03/2016

Price polling mechanism could be introduced for all commodities and their derivatives.

Trading & Investment

Hong Kong Launches New Professional Investor Regime

28/03/2016

Regime introduces principles-based test for sophistication of corporate professional investors.

Structural Regulation

Myanmar Opens SOE Account Competition to Foreign Banks

28/03/2016

Decision ends state-owned banks monopoly on providing foreign currency accounts.

Market Risk

Meeting Asia’s Market and Counterparty Risk Challenge

24/03/2016

Speakers at OTC Derivatives Summit 2016 tackle the complexities of global regulatory requirements.

Structural Regulation

SFC Could Follow UK Crowdfunding Regulation Format

23/03/2016

Hong Kong regulator considering UK-style framework and prospectus exemptions.

Supervision & Enforcement

Korea to Ease Reporting Requirements for Foreign Banks

23/03/2016

FSS chief says supervision will shift to ‘ex-post monitoring’ from ‘ex-ante regulations’.

Supervision & Enforcement

Indonesian Regulators to Train in Australia

23/03/2016

OJK secondments to research centre expected to boost supervision and regulation capacity.

Trading & Investment

Resumption of Margin-trading Loans Boosts Brokers

22/03/2016

China Securities Finance restarts loans to securities firms, rates to be as low as 3%.

Anti-Money Laundering

Australia Set to Bring Bitcoin Under AML/CTF Law

22/03/2016

Government’s recommends virtual currency be recognised as money under tax legislation.