SECURITIES / DERIVATIVES

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Taiwan Regulator Conducts Test on Banks, Says Can Survive Housing Crash

By Editors | 16/05/2014

Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) said it has conducted stress tests on banks that revealed lenders’ ability to survive a potential housing crash.

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Vietnam Issues New Circular on Foreign Investment

By Editors | 15/05/2014

The State Bank of Vietnam has issued a circular which guides the opening and use of indirect investment capital accounts for foreign investors in the country.

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Taiwan’s Regulator Plans Supervisory Mechanism Restricting TRF Sales Volume

By Editors | 15/05/2014

Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission chairman William Tseng said the country’s companies have a total of US$4.97 billion in exposure to renminbi-linked target redemption forward (TRF) financial derivative products with unrealized losses valued at US$2 billion.

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Bank Indonesia, OJK to Coordinate on Boosting Banking System

By Editors | 12/05/2014

The Financial Services Authority (OJK) says it will coordinate closely with Bank Indonesia (BI) to improve the banking system in the country.

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Indonesia’s Regulator to Promote Domestic Investors Entry in Markets

By Editors | 07/05/2014

The Financial Services Authority (OJK) says it will focus on encouraging more domestic investors into the country’s foreign-dominated capital market.

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Japan to Assist in Drafting Myanmar’s Stock Exchange Regulations

By Editors | 06/05/2014

The Japanese Ministry of Finance will help draw the regulations for the Stock Exchange Commission in Myanmar, said a Myanmar finance official.

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ASEAN and Partners Pledge Collaboration in Boosting Bond Markets

By Editors | 05/05/2014

The finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the 10 Association of Southeast Asian Nations member states and three partners—Japan, China and South Korea—agreed to boost collaboration in strengthening the Asian bond markets.

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Vietnam to Finalise Regulations on Privatization, IPOs

By Editors | 05/05/2014

The Vietnamese government is finalising polices and regulations on reforming state enterprises through privatization and public offerings.

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Excess Regulation Bad for Financial Markets, Says World Bank Economist

By Editors | 30/04/2014

Excess regulation can result in “unintended effects” in the overall development of the financial markets, says an economist at the World Bank.