Market Infrastructure

Securities / Derivatives

CSRC Sets Key Dates for Cancelling Foreign Ownership Limits

By Editors | 11/10/2019

The foreign ownership limit will be cancelled next year for futures companies, fund managers and securities firms from 1 January, 1 April and 1 December, respectively.

Market Infrastructure

CBIRC Orders Self-Inspections to Correct Consumer Harm

By Editors | 11/10/2019

Banks and insurance companies are required to carry out self-inspections to detect and correct practices that infringe on the rights of consumers by 30 November.

Fintech / Regtech

Navigating Regulation for Singapore’s Banking 4.0

By Wissam Khoury | 11/10/2019

Singapore banking sector players are tasked with finding a balance between open innovation and regulatory compliance, says Finastra’s Wissam Khoury.

Market Infrastructure

Thailand Banking Sector Resilient to Severe Shocks: IMF

By Editors | 10/10/2019

Stress tests results and sensitivity analysis indicate that Thailand’s largest banks can withstand a shock broadly “as severe as the Asian financial crisis”.

Securities / Derivatives

Governance of OTC Derivatives Data Elements Finalised

By Editors | 10/10/2019

The FSB has now published the final governance arrangements for both the UTI and UPI, while CPMI-IOSCO has published the same for the other critical data elements.

Capital / Liquidity

Volcker Rule Rewrite Gets Final Approval After Fed Sign-off

By Editors | 10/10/2019

The revisions continue to prohibit proprietary trading, while providing greater clarity and certainty for activities allowed under the law.

Fintech / Regtech

Innovation Hubs Are More Effective Than Sandboxes

By Manesh Samtani | 10/10/2019

Innovation hubs provide all the benefits associated with regulatory sandboxes, while avoiding most of the downsides, says a new paper from UNSW Law.

Fintech / Regtech

From Data Governance to Data Culture: BCBS 239 and Beyond

By Garima Chitkara | 10/10/2019

Asian firms need to look beyond regulatory compliance with respect to data to ensure the most effective use of their data resources.

Market Infrastructure

China-Japan ETF Connect Slow to Gain Traction

By Editors | 09/10/2019

Assets in the cross-border feeder ETFs have dropped in the three months since the scheme was launched, by more than two-thirds in the case of the Japan-invested assets.