Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime

SFC Issues Lifetime Ban to Former Hang Seng Banker

06/11/2025

The SFC's action follows a criminal conviction and 30-month prison sentence for the theft of more than HKD 1.5 million.

Supervision & Enforcement

Australia Passes Law Mandating Payday Super from July 2026

06/11/2025

The new law requires employers to pay superannuation contributions within seven days of payday, targeting billions in unpaid retirement funds.

Credit Risk

ASIC Publishes New Capital Markets Roadmap, Seeks New Powers

05/11/2025

ASIC's new capital markets roadmap follows surveillance that found significant failings in the AUD 200 billion private credit sector.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability

ASX Appoints Ex-RBA Governor to Lead New Governance Body

05/11/2025

The move follows recent criticism from the RBA and an investigation by ASIC into the exchange operator's governance and risk management.

CBDCs

Hong Kong and Brazil Pilot CBDC Trade Settlement with Chainlink

05/11/2025

The experiment, part of Brazil's Drex programme, connected the Drex and Ensemble platforms to test real-time, cross-border payments.

AI Risk & Governance

Hong Kong IA Details Framework for Federated Learning in Insurance

05/11/2025

The insurance body's new whitepaper outlines a framework for using the AI technique to enable privacy-preserving data collaboration and manage associated risks.

Clearing & Post-Trade

HKEX to Mandate API Migration, Decommission Participant Gateway by 2027

04/11/2025

The move is part of a broader push to modernise Hong Kong's post-trade infrastructure and promote greater automation for participants.

Structural Regulation

China NFRA Drafts New Rules for Asset Management Trusts

04/11/2025

The proposed measures aim to curb risks by standardising products, banning principal guarantees, and setting new investor and concentration limits.

Structural Regulation

IOSCO Consults on Overhaul of Disclosure Rules, Flags Valuation Weaknesses

04/11/2025

IOSCO is seeking feedback on a new issuer disclosure framework and has highlighted persistent weaknesses in financial valuations.