Securities & Trading
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Yangon Stock Exchange to Open in Early December
Editors, Regulation Asia August 31, 2015The Yangon Stock Exchange, Myanmar’s first modern bourse, will begin accepting listing applications in September and open in early December.
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Regulator Asks Philippine Stock Exchange to Explain Outages
Editors, Regulation Asia August 27, 2015The Securities and Exchange Commission has asked the Philippine Stock Exchange to explain trading outages that halted all floor trading three times over a span of seven days in August.
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Nepal Investment Bank joins SWIFT’s KYC Registry
Editors, Regulation Asia August 27, 2015Pioneering bank in Nepal to join The KYC Registry allowing the proactive sharing of information with correspondent banks.
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Economic Pressure May Force Indonesia’s Banks to Boost Capital
Editors, Regulation Asia August 27, 2015OJK warns banking industry of increase in capital if financial health at risk due to devaluation of rupiah.
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Taiwan to Use Rescue Fund to Stabilise Market
Editors, Regulation Asia August 26, 2015Taiwan’s government gives green light to use NT$500 billion fund to stabilise stock market.
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Regulatory Framework positive for Philippine Microfinance Sector
Editors, Regulation Asia August 21, 2015The Asian Development Bank Institute has published a working paper attributing the growth of the Philippine microfinance sector to conducive government policies which promote private sector innovation and enable a market-based financial ecosystem.
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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.
