Market Infrastructure

Update: Indonesia Outlines Fintech Regime

06/09/2016

Central bank to oversee payments sandbox; OJK to regulate other services.

Market Infrastructure

SGX Creates Working Group after Outage

06/09/2016

Group will seek to increase resilience of the Singapore market.

ANZ to Refund $22mn in Fees, Interest

06/09/2016

Bank charged fees on payments between accounts held by the same customer.

AML / KYC

RBI Asked to Establish Information-sharing Mechanism

06/09/2016

Special Investigation Team on ‘black money’ asks central bank to share information with law enforcement.

Market Infrastructure

Thailand Consults on Securities, Derivative License Fees

06/09/2016

Revised proposals charges for business operators follow first round of public comment.

Market Infrastructure

Philippines to Have Repo Market by End-2016, Early 2017

06/09/2016

Central bank governor says programme will open the door to allowing short selling.

Securities / Derivatives

Taiwan to Ease Investment Restrictions

05/09/2016

Chinese nationals can purchase fund products without using a custodial bank.

Market Infrastructure

PBOC Said to Take on Bond Market Regulation

05/09/2016

PBOC-CSRC proposal could mark start of cross-functional ‘super regulator’.

Market Infrastructure

Pakistan Equalises Sukuk Tax Treatment

05/09/2016

Exemptions for sukuk expected to boost Islamic finance sector