Securities & Trading
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Indonesia’s Regulator Urges Banks to Lend to Environment-Friendly Firms
Editors, Regulation Asia May 28, 2014All financial service institutions supervised under the Financial Services Authority are urged to give out loans to companies that comply with environment-friendly practices.
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Malaysia, S. Korea Launch Currency Swap Facility
Editors, Regulation Asia May 28, 2014Bank Negara of Malaysia and the Bank of Korea have launched a currency swap facility worth up to RM5 billion, or five trillion won, to facilitate trade settlements between companies in Malaysia and South Korea.
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Myanmar Sees Delay in Stock Exchange Launch
Editors, Regulation Asia May 23, 2014The opening of a stock exchange in Myanmar may be delayed due to difficulty in recruiting skilled people for jobs at the exchange and finding companies that could qualify to list on the market.
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Malaysia’s Audit Board Urges Firms to Ensure Quality of Monitoring Procedure
Editors, Regulation Asia May 22, 2014Malaysia's Audit Oversight Board urged audit firms to ensure quality of audit procedures.
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Philippine Banks to Submit Stress Test Reports
Editors, Regulation Asia May 21, 2014The Philippine central bank plans a stress test on banks and are asking lenders to submit reports on their assessment on the impact of interest rate changes on the real estate sector and on their balance sheets.
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Money Laundering Impacts Socio-Economic Development, Says Bank Negara
Editors, Regulation Asia May 20, 2014Bank Negara expressed concern that criminal activities in the money services business could adversely impact socio-economic development, after Malaysia recorded an illicit outflow worth RM174 billion based on a Global Financial Integrity (GFI) report last year.
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Indonesia’s Finance Regulator Rolls Back Share Buyback Rule
Editors, Regulation Asia May 19, 2014Indonesia’s Financial Services Authority has rolled back its a policy on share buyback scheme amid improving markets conditions.
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Taiwan Regulator Okays Draft Bill on Third-Party Payments
Editors, Regulation Asia May 19, 2014Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission has given its go-ahead for non-financial companies to engage in online-to-offline payment services amid growing use of electronic stored-value cards for third-party payments.
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Myanmar Central Bank Readies New Monetary Policy
Editors, Regulation Asia May 16, 2014Myanmar’s central bank is expected to submit a new monetary policy during parliament’s next session, which begins late this month.
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Taiwan Regulator Conducts Test on Banks, Says Can Survive Housing Crash
Editors, Regulation Asia May 16, 2014Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) said it has conducted stress tests on banks that revealed lenders' ability to survive a potential housing crash.
