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The updates to the FRR include changes on the treatment of foreign currencies, haircuts for some securities and refinements on securities transaction receivables.

The Qianhai Mercantile Exchange, controlled by HKEX, unexpectedly began spot trading in alumina on Friday, according to a Reuters report.

The RBI has increased the carve out for government securities used in LCR computations against statutory liquidity ratios, and increased the lending ceiling to a single NBFC.

The Guidelines are set to take effect from 1 November for authorised institutions and stored value facilities. The HKMA has also published its policy and supervisory approach.

Japan's financial infrastructure may come under attack in the lead-up to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the FSA says as it prepares to guard against potential large-scale incidents.

The Royal Commission has reinforced that the financial industry has abandoned its core role of being custodians of other peoples’ money, said ASIC chair James Shipton.

HSBC could become the first foreign firm to list on the Shanghai Stock Exchange through a new Stock Connect link with London, slated to go live at the end of the year.

The Basel Committee is inviting feedback on the approach to reforming the leverage ratio as it applies to client cleared derivatives.

Microsoft, JP Morgan, Disney and Facebook will join Apple in becoming Transferable Custody Receipts listed on Chi-X Australia, with more issuances to follow.

Up to 40 brokerages face billions of yen in potential losses on over 100,000 retroactive trades they are duty-bound to make after trading was halted last week due to a connection failure.