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Market Infrastructure
AmCham Praises Taiwan For Easing Financial Sector Constraints
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 20/06/2021
Taiwan was praised for easing rules on loan-loss reserves for foreign bank branches and for allowing foreign institutional investors to invest in ETFs.
Fintech / Regtech
HKMA Issues Practice Guide on Cloud-based Regtech Solutions
By Manesh Samtani | 20/06/2021
Guidance is provided on the use of APIs to address barriers to adoption created by legacy systems that are inflexible to change.
ESG / Sustainability
TCFD Scope 3 Review Supports Net-Zero Scrutiny
By ESG Investor | 20/06/2021
Comprehensive reporting on all corporate emissions essential for investors, regulators and policymakers working towards low-carbon economy, says GRI.
Market Infrastructure
US Fed Extends Swap Lines with Nine Central Banks
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 20/06/2021
The Fed has extended facilities provided to the central banks of Australia, Korea, Singapore and New Zealand, among others.
Market Infrastructure
CBIRC Approves First Fully Foreign Owned Money Broker
By Editors | 20/06/2021
Japan’s Ueda Yagi Tanshi will become the first foreign firm to commence currency brokerage business in China under a fully-owned unit.
Market Infrastructure
UK Regulators Support US ‘SOFR First’ Proposal on Interdealer Swaps
By Editors | 17/06/2021
The FCA and BOE encourage liquidity providers to change USD linear swap trading conventions from USD LIBOR to SOFR on 26 July 2021.
Market Infrastructure
ASX Completes Corporate Actions Upgrade Project
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 17/06/2021
The project enables full straight-through processing for corporate actions, reducing risk for market participants and facilitating more informed decision-making.
Market Infrastructure
China Issues Draft Law Aimed at Improving Audit Practices
By Manesh Samtani | 16/06/2021
The law prohibits the entities being audited from refusing to provide information, delaying such provision, and submitting false information.
Market Infrastructure
Banking on API Management to Succeed in the Digital World
By David Chan | 16/06/2021
AdNovum’s David Chan discusses the need to safeguard APIs as financial institutions increasingly seek to digitalise their services.
Market Infrastructure
OCBC Obtains Approval to Convert LIBOR Bonds to SONIA
By Ranamita Chakraborty | 16/06/2021
OCBC has become the first Singapore bank to obtain approval from bondholders to replace GBP LIBOR with SONIA as the interest rate benchmark.
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