Sanday Chongo Kabange is an experienced multimedia journalist and a contributor to Regulation Asia. He focuses on compliance, regulatory and legal issues for financial services.
Enforcement
ASIC Fines Equity Trustees for Misleading Investment Statements
22/06/2025
ASIC fined Equity Trustees for allegedly making misleading statements about investments made by a green and sustainable bond fund.
Market Infrastructure
APRA Finalises Guidance on Treating Borrowers with Student Debt
20/06/2025
The new reporting standard and regulations offers final guidance on how ADIs treat HELP debt repayments when assessing home loan applications.
Enforcement
SFC Suspends Former CEO of Freeman Commodities for Supervisory Failures
20/06/2025
The former CEO failed to ensure Freeman Commidities maintained appropriate standards of conduct and adhered to proper procedures, the SFC said.
Market Infrastructure
BSP Updates Bank Credit, Equity Exposure Reporting Rules
20/06/2025
BSP has issued updated guidelines for “COCREE 2.0” reporting framework for financial institutions.
Enforcement
SFC Imposes 3-Year Ban on Former Licensee Over Wash Trades
20/06/2025
The former licensed representative of Cinda International Securities executed a total of 109 matched or wash trades in nine stocks, the SFC said.
Fintech / Regtech
BSP Proposes Model Risk Management Guidelines for FIs
20/06/2025
The BSP has proposed model risk management guidelines for financial institutions to enhance operational resilience and mitigate potential losses.
Market Infrastructure
Hong Kong ‘Actively Pursuing’ Closer Integration With Mainland
20/06/2025
Hong Kong will continue to explore further enhancements to the WMC scheme and ways to broaden Hong Kong professionals’ entry into the Mainland market.
Fintech / Regtech
South Korea Launches Enhanced “MyData 2.0” Service
19/06/2025
“My Data 2.0” incorporates seven improvements announced in April 2024 including full financial asset consolidation and enhance consumer protections.
Enforcement
ACCC Fines NAB Over CDR Data Quality Issues
19/06/2025
The ACCC said NAB’s payment of the penalties is the highest amount paid for alleged contraventions of the CDR rules to date.
Crypto / Digital Assets
DTIF Urges Malaysia SC to Adopt DTI Standard in Tokenisation Framework
18/06/2025
The DTI Foundation said the use of the ISO 24165 DTI standard in disclosures will enhance investor protection and market integrity.
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