SECURITIES / DERIVATIVES

Securities / Derivatives

Malaysia Central Bank Issues New Guidelines on Restructured Loans

By Editors | 06/05/2015

Bank Negara Malaysia, the country’s central bank, is revising guidelines on restructured and rescheduled (R&R) loans in a move that could impact the asset quality and earnings of local banks.

Securities / Derivatives

ESMA Announces Third Country CCP Recognition for Asia

By Editors | 29/04/2015

ESMA announces recognition of ten third-country CCPs established in Australia, Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore.

Securities / Derivatives

Optimising Asian Collateral

By Editors | 16/04/2015

Operational, jurisdictional silos hinder Asia’s collateral efficiency. An exclusive roundtable hosted by Regulation Asia with DTCC.

Securities / Derivatives

Taiwan Tightens Rules on Banks’ Risk Exposure in China

By Editors | 14/04/2015

Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) has asked banks to increase their allowance for risk exposure when they extend credit and establish short term trade balances with Chinese banks.

Securities / Derivatives

Foreign Banks to Open Branches in Myanmar

By Editors | 10/04/2015

Two Japanese and one Singaporean bank will become the first foreign banks to operate in Myanmar in over 50 years, after receiving final regulatory approval from the central bank.

Securities / Derivatives

Taiwan to Expand Daily Trade Limit for Shares in June

By Editors | 01/04/2015

The Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) said it will expand the daily price limit for stocks to a fall or rise of 10% from the current 7% effective June 1.

Securities / Derivatives

Making KYC Accessible for Smaller Banks

By Editors | 26/03/2015

SWIFT has introduced a free-to-use utility that will help smaller institutions achieve compliance and reduce the cost and problems of procedures.

Market Infrastructure

New Rules for OTC Derivatives Pushed Back to September 2016

By Editors | 19/03/2015

International rules that will require banks to post margin on certain derivative trades have been delayed by nine months as regulators recognised the tight timeline initially given the industry to comply.

Securities / Derivatives

Philippine Central Bank Boosts Shadow Banking Monitoring

By Editors | 10/03/2015

Philippine central bank is increasing surveillance on shadow banking to ensure the stability of the financial system.