MARKET INFRASTRUCTURE

Market Infrastructure

China Introduces New Risk Management Rules for Exchange Members

By Editors | 07/12/2017

New rules, which go into effect on 1 June next year, include restrictions on buy-in of securities companies, fund companies and other participants.

AML / KYC

HK SFC Sees Criminal Charges Surge

By Editors | 07/12/2017

Securities regulator laid 42 charges in 6 months to end-September this year, up 180% from same period in 2016, but commenced far fewer investigations.

Crypto / Digital Assets

BoJ Expects Large IT Firms to Become Systemically Important

By Samuel Riding | 07/12/2017

Haruhiko Kuroda says global IT platform providers could pose systemic risk through holding vast amounts of data, adds to warnings on algo contagion.

Market Infrastructure

Singapore Releases SIBOR Benchmark Reform Proposals

By Garima Chitkara | 07/12/2017

Consultation is based on IOSCO principles, FSB recommendations, comes four years after 20 banks disciplined for benchmark manipulation.

Market Infrastructure

MiFID II – Banks Struggle to Survive the Transparency

By Peter Guy | 05/12/2017

Liquidity requires symmetric information, which is easiest to achieve when everyone is ignorant.

Capital / Liquidity

ESMA to Bring 3rd-country CRAs, Trade Repositories Under EU Supervision

By Samuel Riding | 04/12/2017

ESMA executive director Verena Ross says more than 200 non-EU trading venues have asked for exemptions from MiFID II post-trade transparency, position limits.

Capital / Liquidity

Australia to Kick off Long-awaited Royal Commission into Financial Sector

By Editors | 04/12/2017

Inquiry to look into alleged misconduct in financial sector welcomed by banks, securities regulator, but not superannuation scheme operators.

Capital / Liquidity

MAS Warns of ‘Medium-term’ Cross-border Financial Stability Risks

By Editors | 04/12/2017

Annual report into stability of financial system says domestic and regional lending improving, no signs of credit market overheating.

Capital / Liquidity

Asian Firms at Risk of Drowning Under Wave of Regulation from US, Europe

By David Farmery | 30/11/2017

The wave of financial regulation about to wash over Europe and North America could eventually overwhelm Asian institutions.