Asia-Pacific
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Vietnam Regulator Cleans Up Markets in Advance of Derivatives Regime
State Securities Commission shuttered 28 firms and withdrew brokerage business licenses from another 13 institutions in 1H17; derivatives launch set […]
July 26, 2017 -
AFCA Eyes Stronger Capital Markets, Better Risk Management at Asian Banks
Beijing-based Association will lobby supranational regulatory bodies and push for better risk management and conduct at Asian financial institutions. The […]
July 26, 2017 -
290Tackling the MiFID 2 Data Deluge in APAC
Aside from volume and speed requirements, Asia’s diverse information governance rules and sometimes insular institutions exacerbate MiFID 2 data challenge. […]
July 20, 2017 -
Emerging Asian Markets Suffer Shutdowns, Cyberattacks
Exchanges in India and Indonesia suffer outages, citing ‘technical issues’; brokers connected to Bursa Malaysia report spate of cyberattacks on two separate...
July 17, 2017 -
China Exchanges Eye Financial Infrastructure ‘Belt and Road’
SSE, CFFEX meetings to discuss stake in CSE (Chittagong Stock Exchange) follows their participation in consortium which bought 30% of Pakistan bourse.
July 17, 2017 -
1.0KThe Big Picture – Talking Trading Surveillance with Nasdaq’s Ulf Carlsson
Regulation Asia discusses the latest trends in regulatory scrutiny of capital markets with Ulf Carlsson, general manager at Nasdaq in Hong Kong.
July 13, 2017 -
Malaysia Introduces Capital Market Competency Guidelines
Malaysian regulators aim to improve the competitiveness of the domestic capital markets by enhancing the soft and hard skills and professional ability...
July 10, 2017 -
US Regulators Flex Muscles in Asia
Grip could be set to get even tighter if DOJ proposals on accessing documents, expanding AML predicates are implemented.
July 6, 2017 -
New BSP Chief Eyes Cut to One of World’s Highest RRRs
Philippine banks currently have to keep 20% in reserve; liquidity requirements were eased earlier this year.
July 6, 2017 -
Only 1 Major APAC CCP Working on Crisis Group – Report
Crisis group one of FSB’s main recommendations for CCPs; joint study warns on interconnectedness, concentration.
July 6, 2017