Trading & Investment

Australia Regulators Propose New Interbank Rate Benchmark

15/02/2016

Mechanism based on volume-weighted average price to be introduced by end-2016.

Credit Risk

Singapore Banks’ China Risk ‘Contained’: Fitch

15/02/2016

Rating agency says trade finance-related business helps protect country’s big three lenders.

Trading & Investment

Thailand to Amend Alternative Fund Distribution Rules

15/02/2016

Securities regulator aims to make business operation more flexible, enhance competitiveness.

Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime

SFC Flags ‘Fake Regulator’

12/02/2016

Hong Kong Foreign Investments Trade Authority the latest in a long line of fictitious regulators and market operators.

Clearing & Post-Trade

EU, US Regulators Agree CCP Equivalency

11/02/2016

Regulators agree common standards on central clearing after three years of negotiation.

Anti-Bribery & Corruption

Inspection Finds Graft Risks, Moral Hazard at CDB, CIC

11/02/2016

China’s discipline commission completes two-month review of 21 regulators and institutions.

Structural Regulation

Philippines Lifts 17-year Ban on New Bank Licenses

11/02/2016

Central bank to fully remove moratorium on new approvals by 2018.

Liquidity Risk

PBOC Considers Interest Rate Corridor

07/02/2016

Central bank moves to bring loan costs closer to market rates, boost growth.

Clearing & Post-Trade

HK Regulators Revise OTC Derivatives Proposals

06/02/2016

HKMA and SFC give institutions extra three months to comply with first phase of mandatory clearing.