Reporting & Disclosures

Australia Migrates New Blockchain-based Registry for Carbon Units

17/11/2025

The Clean Energy Regulator's new platform unifies key carbon units and is designed for API integration with external trading systems, moving away from a single exchange model.

Supervision & Enforcement

ASIC Sues Licensee, Research House in Major Super Fund Collapse Probe

15/11/2025

ASIC alleges widespread failures by a licensee, advisers, and a research house in the collapse of two high-risk funds.

Capital Adequacy

New Zealand Initiates Broad Reform Plan to Boost Banking Competition

15/11/2025

Government accepts inquiry proposals on capital rules, market entry, and bank transparency to tackle sector concentration and high profits.

Supervision & Enforcement

ASIC Targets Private Credit, Insurance in 2026 Enforcement Priorities

15/11/2025

ASIC has unveiled it 2026 priorities focused on poor governance in expanding sectors and cost-of-living pressures amid record enforcement activity.

Market Abuse

Korea Boosts Whistleblower Rewards to Tackle Market Abuse

14/11/2025

The SFC has signalled intent to increase its budget for rewards after average payouts for market abuse tip-offs more than doubled.

Tokenisation

Hong Kong Launches Live Pilot for Tokenised Deposits, Digital Assets

14/11/2025

HKMA's new EnsembleTX project will test real-value settlement with major banks and asset managers, outlining a path to central bank money.

Stablecoins

Japan Stablecoin Issuers Could Become Major JGB Buyers – Report

14/11/2025

The head of a new yen stablecoin issuer says digital asset firms could fill the void left by the BOJ's tapering in the JPY 1,055 trillion bond market.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability

New Zealand FMA Flags Rising Audit Non-Compliance

14/11/2025

New Zealand’s FMA found 36 percent of reviewed audit files were non-compliant, highlighting weaknesses in fraud risk assessment and new quality management systems.

Trading & Investment

SFC Eases Client Interaction Rules for GBA Wealth Connect Scheme

14/11/2025

The SFC has unveiled enhancements allowing one-off client consent and remote product discussions to improve the cross-boundary investment programme.