MARKET INFRASTRUCTURE

Market Infrastructure

Australia Regulators Propose New Interbank Rate Benchmark

By Samuel Riding | 15/02/2016

Mechanism based on volume-weighted average price to be introduced by end-2016.

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Singapore Banks’ China Risk ‘Contained’: Fitch

By Samuel Riding | 15/02/2016

Rating agency says trade finance-related business helps protect country’s big three lenders.

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SFC Flags ‘Fake Regulator’

By Samuel Riding | 12/02/2016

Hong Kong Foreign Investments Trade Authority the latest in a long line of fictitious regulators and market operators.

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EU, US Regulators Agree CCP Equivalency

By Samuel Riding | 11/02/2016

Regulators agree common standards on central clearing after three years of negotiation.

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Philippines Lifts 17-year Ban on New Bank Licenses

By Samuel Riding | 11/02/2016

Central bank to fully remove moratorium on new approvals by 2018.

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PBOC Considers Interest Rate Corridor

By Samuel Riding | 07/02/2016

Central bank moves to bring loan costs closer to market rates, boost growth.

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HK Regulators Revise OTC Derivatives Proposals

By Samuel Riding | 06/02/2016

HKMA and SFC give institutions extra three months to comply with first phase of mandatory clearing.

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China Loosens QFII Rules

By Samuel Riding | 05/02/2016

Quotas to be linked to assets under management; daily subscription, redemption to be allowed.

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SEBI Sets up Commodity Exchange Risk Taskforce

By Samuel Riding | 05/02/2016

Regulator to look at risk management norms following suspension of castor seed futures trading.