Trading & Investment

India Set to Finalise Commodity Options Regime

20/12/2016

Sources say SEBI aims to finalise regulatory framework before Union Budget in February.

Clearing & Post-Trade

EC Grants CCP/Trading Venue Equivalency to 6 APAC Jurisdictions

20/12/2016

CCP regulation deemed equivalent in India, New Zealand and Japan; venues in Australia, Japan and Singapore.

Structural Regulation

Greater Mekong Region – 2016 in Review

19/12/2016

Small markets working together to create a big difference through banking integration, fintech innovation.

Cybersecurity

Vietnam Drafts New Internet Banking Rules

19/12/2016

New rules aim to respect copyright, enhance client data security.

Market Abuse

HK SFC Asks Brokerage to Freeze Client Account

19/12/2016

Regulator says client account is suspected of being involved in market manipulation, account hacking.

Anti-Money Laundering

Another Ex-BSI Singapore Banker Jailed, Fined

19/12/2016

Yvonne Seah the second person convicted as a result of Singapore’s 1MDB investigation.

Anti-Money Laundering

S.Korea to Introduce AI System to Boost AML, CTF

19/12/2016

System to increase accuracy of isolating suspicious transactions from normal business.

Anti-Bribery & Corruption

RBI Officials Arrested for ‘Unauthorised Money Exchange’

19/12/2016

Two officials said to have given away new notes amounting to almost $300,000.

Credit Risk

Chinese Banks Ordered to Crack Down on Debt-dodging Steel, Coal Firms

19/12/2016

Banks asked to share information on central platform; form creditor committees.