Reporting & Disclosures

ASIC Clarifies Audit Rules for Mandatory Sustainability Reports

17/09/2025

ASIC has detailed assurance requirements for new climate reports, including auditor independence, liability, and a phased-in approach.

CBDCs

DBS Concludes Programmable Payments Pilot Under HKMA e-HKD Project

17/09/2025

DBS’ pilot explored tokenised vouchers for ESG rewards, providing insights for the HKMA's potential CBDC framework.

Market Abuse

Hong Kong SFC Imposes Five Year Ban on Former Citi Executive

17/09/2025

The SFC says Richard Heyes is responsible for a decade of serious internal control failures and dishonest practices in Citigroup Global Markets' Asia equities business.

Structural Regulation

CSRC Issues Revised Evaluation Framework for Futures Brokers

15/09/2025

New CSRC evaluation system introduces specific penalties for misconduct and rewards firms for serving industrial clients and market-making activities.

Emerging Prudential Risks

RBA, APRA Detail Plans for Building 'Anti-Fragility' into Financial System

15/09/2025

RBA and APRA officials have outlined their approaches to bolster resilience against geopolitical and technological risks faced by the financial sector.

Supervision & Enforcement

ANZ Agrees to A$240m Penalty for ‘Widespread Misconduct’

15/09/2025

ASIC has detailed "grubby" and unconscionable conduct by ANZ in a government bond deal and multiple "disappointing" retail failures.

Anti-Money Laundering

Organised Crime Using FDI to Infiltrate Timor-Leste, UNODC Warns

15/09/2025

New UNODC report details how crime syndicates are using legitimate investment frameworks to establish scam centres and launder money.

Cloud & Infrastructure

GLEIF Appoints Toppan Edge as Japan's First vLEI Issuer

13/09/2025

GLEIF says the appointment of Toppan Edge will enable the issuance of secure digital identities to Japanese firms for use in global trade and finance.

KYC & CDD

Vietnam Mandates In-Person Biometric Verification for CDD

13/09/2025

New regulations require in-person biometric verification for account opening and create new reporting duties for banks to combat financial crime.