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Capital / Liquidity
ICBC designated as D-SIB by HKMA
By Garima Chitkara | 02/01/2018
The bank will be required to include HLA buffer in their regulatory capital calculation within 12 months of the designation.
Capital / Liquidity
HSBC, StanChart Only HK Stocks to Fall Under MiFIR
By Editors | 29/12/2017
Only two Hong Kong-listed stocks have sufficient EU volume to comply with MiFIR trading obligations.
Capital / Liquidity
China, Japan to Cooperate on Audit Oversight, Cross-Border Bonds
By Editors | 26/12/2017
The agreement will strengthen cross-border investor protection and assist financial institutions with cross-border bond issuance.
Capital / Liquidity
India Financial System Stable Despite Worsening Asset Quality – RBI
By Garima Chitkara | 26/12/2017
Gross NPAs and asset quality likely to worsen until September 2018 even as capital flows into equity and debt markets remain elevated.
Capital / Liquidity
ESMA Gives Investment Firms, Issuers More Time on LEIs
By Editors | 21/12/2017
Six months forbearance to be allowed for obtaining LEI codes from clients, non-EU issuers of financial instruments.
Capital / Liquidity
HK SFC to Remove Corporate Treasury of non-Financial Firms from OTC Regulation
By Samuel Riding | 21/12/2017
Extensive consultation also proposes to expand risk mitigation requirements to ‘all licensed corporations’, rejects idea of regulatory threshold.
Capital / Liquidity
MAS to Expand Range of Eligible Collateral to Include Commodities for IRB Banks
By Editors | 21/12/2017
Banks using internal ratings for credit risk under Basel guidelines will be allowed to have commodities as physical collateral.
Capital / Liquidity
HK SFC Proposes Raising Capital Required by Fund Managers
By Editors | 19/12/2017
Consultation covers raising of minimum capital requirement to HKD10 million, introduction of derivatives use by public funds with enhanced safeguards.
Market Infrastructure
Shenzhen, Laos Exchanges Sign MoU on Capital Market Cooperation
By Editors | 19/12/2017
SZSE and LSX to share information, personnel, technology, expertise; financial infrastructure connectivity to facilitate cross-border ‘economic corridor’.
Capital / Liquidity
Korea to Ban Foreigners from Cryptocurrency Trading Accounts
By Editors | 18/12/2017
Government has made abrupt about turn to legitimize cryptocurrencies by bringing them under greater regulatory purview.
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