Structural Regulation

South Korea Approves Alibaba, Tencent Backed E-banks

01/12/2015

Alibaba- and Kakao-backed groups get preliminary approval to establish online lenders.

Structural Regulation

SEBI Clears Way for India Exchange Listings

01/12/2015

Regulator clarifies listing framework for initial public offerings by stock exchanges, depository firms.

AI Risk & Governance

Entering the Regtech Era

30/11/2015

In a new research report three Asia Pacific-based academics offer answers to the vexing question of how to regulate financial technology.

Structural Regulation

US Investment Banks Lobby on BSE, NSE Listings

30/11/2015

Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley among 17 firms lobbying Indian government for faster progress on listings of India’s two stock exchanges.

Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime

SFC Warns on Unlicensed Forex Broker

30/11/2015

IQSFX added to alert list on suspicion of conducting unlicensed business in Hong Kong.

Structural Regulation

China to Ease Access to Shanghai FTZ

30/11/2015

Premier Li Keqiang wants negative list approach to be extended to overseas financial services firms.

Capital Adequacy

APRA to Streamline Securitisation Framework

27/11/2015

Consultation paper amends earlier proposals for authorised deposit-taking institutions.

Structural Regulation

SEBI Pushes Commodity Exchange Consolidation

27/11/2015

Regional commodity exchanges have two years to demutualise, will be brought under securities contract regulation by 2018.

Market Abuse

Citic Securities, Guosen Probed by CSRC

27/11/2015

Securities regulator looking into alleged violations of securities rules at two of China’s top three brokers.