Malaysia
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Malaysia Enhances Listing Rules for ACE Market
Editors, Regulation Asia July 18, 2015Bursa Malaysia has on introduced enhancements to listing requirements for its ACE Market in a bid to incentivise more small and medium enterprises to list.
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Malaysia Enhances Competitiveness for Fund Management Industry
Editors, Regulation Asia July 12, 2015The Securities Commission Malaysia has liberalised its rules governing the fund management industry by allowing the establishment of boutique fund management companies through a more facilitative structure.
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Singapore Offers Cooperation in Malaysia PM Probe
Editors, Regulation Asia July 10, 2015The Monetary Authority of Singapore has said it is cooperating with Malaysian authorities in a probe into allegations of almost $700 million being transferred into the personal accounts of Prime Minister Najib Razak.
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Indonesia Promotes New Tools to Attract Foreign Islamic Banks
Editors, Regulation Asia July 9, 2015Indonesian regulators are promoting new sharia-compliant financial tools and considering easing foreign ownership limits for domestic Islamic banks.
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Malaysia Online Submission System to Shorten Time-to-Market for Financial Products
Editors, Regulation Asia June 22, 2015Under Malaysia’s Securities Commission's new framework wholesale products can be launched once the required information is lodged via its online submission system.
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Pakistan Approves Sharia Advisory Board for Islamic Finance
Editors, Regulation Asia June 13, 2015The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan has approved a four-member sharia advisory board to oversee Islamic financial products in the country.
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Indonesia’s Five-Year Plan May Consolidate Islamic Banks
Editors, Regulation Asia May 27, 2015Indonesia is preparing a five-year plan to develop Islamic finance by encouraging the three large state-owned Islamic banks to merge, a move that could spur smaller players to link up in order to remain competitive.
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Malaysia Central Bank Issues New Guidelines on Restructured Loans
Editors, Regulation Asia May 6, 2015Bank 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.
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Foreign Banks to Open Branches in Myanmar
Editors, Regulation Asia April 10, 2015Two 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.
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Singapore Signs Regional Pact for Cross-Border Capital Raising
Editors, Regulation Asia March 4, 2015Securities market authorities from Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand have agreed to allow cross-border capital raising, aimed at deepening economic relationships among members of the southeast Asian nations.
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