SECURITIES / DERIVATIVES

    Securities / Derivatives

    Taiwan Regulator Eyes Measures to Boost Local Bourse

    By Editors | 25/09/2014

    The government has been closely monitoring the movement of the local stock market, which has taken a beating amid sustained foreign institutional selling.

    Securities / Derivatives

    Myanmar Delays Issuance of Licenses to Foreign Banks

    By Editors | 24/09/2014

    Myanmar has delayed the announcement of foreign banks that will be allowed to operate in the country.

    Securities / Derivatives

    Bad Debts Weigh on Vietnam Banks

    By Editors | 12/09/2014

    The increasingly high number of businesses that were dissolved in the first seven months of the year has weighed on operations of local banks, raising lenders’ bad debt ratio in the period.

    Securities / Derivatives

    Regulatory Pressures Drive Demand for Client Management Solutions in Asia Pacific

    By Editors | 08/09/2014

    In a sign of an increasing regulatory pressure for financial institutions in Asia Pacific, regulatory onboarding, entity data and client lifecycle management solutions provider Fenergo is expanding in the region.

    Securities / Derivatives

    KYC – Reduce the Complexity, Improve the Quality & Lower the Cost of Compliance

    By Editors | 04/09/2014

    Globally, regulators are evolving their Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) policies for doing business in their jurisdictions to increasingly stringent standards.

    Securities / Derivatives

    Indonesian Regulator Makes Case for Bank Consolidation

    By Editors | 01/09/2014

    The Financial Services Authority (OJK) is seeking to consolidate Indonesia’s banking sector, urging state-owned lenders to acquire stakes in regional banks or BPDs.

    Securities / Derivatives

    Taiwan to Relaunch Non-Deliverable Forward Forex Market

    By Editors | 27/08/2014

    Taiwan plans to reopen its non deliverable forward (NDF) foreign exchange market in phases after the country closed this down the for the New Taiwan dollar in 1998.

    Securities / Derivatives

    Taiwan Plans Cross-Border Stock Trading with Japan

    By Editors | 22/08/2014

    Taiwan will study the possibility of launching a cross-border stock trading scheme with Japan in a bid to boost internationalization of the local bourse, said the country’s top financial regulator.

    Securities / Derivatives

    Taiwan Regulator Eyes Pan-Asian Growth for Financial Sector

    By Editors | 22/08/2014

    Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission vowed to support financial institutions’ bid to expand into other Asian markets by easing a number of regulatory hurdles in the banking, insurance and securities brokerage industries.

    Securities / Derivatives

    ASEAN on Track to Create Regional Asset Class

    By Editors | 21/08/2014

    Top officials of the ASEAN Exchanges said that member bourses are taking collaborative steps to create, market and promote ASEAN as a single asset class.

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