Securities & Trading
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Listing Criteria Published for New Myanmar Bourse
Editors, Regulation Asia August 21, 2015Myanmar has published the listing criteria for the Yangon Stock Exchange (YSX), which is due to open later this year to replace the existing Myanmar Securities Exchange Centre.
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Vietnam Regulator Raises Foreign Ownership Limit for Public Firms
Editors, Regulation Asia August 20, 2015Vietnam’s State Securities Commission has issued a circular to guide the implementation of a new law raising the foreign ownership limit (FOL) in public companies to 100 percent.
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State Bank of Pakistan to Clarify Rules for Politically Exposed Persons
Editors, Regulation Asia August 20, 2015Government officials have ordered the State Bank of Pakistan to stop commercial banks from misusing the term ‘politically exposed persons’ (PEPs) to deny financial services to citizens.
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Vietnam Banking Authorities Reject Arrest Rumours
Editors, Regulation Asia August 19, 2015Officials at the State Bank of Vietnam have dismissed rumours that the chairman of top lender Eximbank had been arrested.
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Indonesia to Announce D-SIBS After New Crisis Management Law is Passed
Editors, Regulation Asia August 17, 2015Indonesia’s Financial Services Authority says it will announce the country’s domestic systematically important banks after the new law on the Financial System Safety Net is passed.
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Indonesia Court Shoots Down Challenge to Banking Regulator’s Authority
Editors, Regulation Asia August 14, 2015Indonesia’s constitutional court has rejected a judicial review filed by a group challenging the legal basis for the establishment of the Financial Services Authority (OJK), saying that the regulator did not violate the 1945 Constitution.
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Pakistan Drafts Regulatory Framework for D-SIBs
Editors, Regulation Asia August 10, 2015The State Bank of Pakistan has designed a regulatory framework for identifying and overseeing the nation’s Domestic Systemically Important Banks, as part of its commitment to ensure stability of financial system and further strengthen the supervisory and regulatory regime.
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Vietnam Opens Debt Market to Foreign Investors
Editors, Regulation Asia August 5, 2015The State Bank of Vietnam has issued new rules on debt trading which is expected to encourage foreign investors to buy non-performing loans from local financial institutions.
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IOSCO Publishes Country Review of Pakistan’s Implementation of IOSCO Principles
Editors, Regulation Asia August 1, 2015The International Organization of Securities Commissions has published a review of Pakistan’s implementation of IOSCO Principles, noting that its regulatory framework has undergone significant improvement in the structure and practice of regulation.
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Bangladesh to Launch First ETF within One Year
Editors, Regulation Asia August 1, 2015The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission is considering launching an ETF under existing rules for collective investment schemes.
