Markets & Infrastructure

Structural Regulation

PBOC Proposes Blacklist for ‘Seriously Dishonest’ Financial Firms

By Mark Johnston | 20/05/2026

China’s central bank has drafted rules for a new blacklist targeting serious misconduct in payments, credit reporting, and other regulated areas.

Market Data & Technology

APRA to Publish Separate Data on Cyber, Management Liability Insurance

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 20/05/2026

The regulator is consulting on a new format for its national insurance database, proposing to publish key product line data separately.

Structural Regulation

SEBI Proposes Easing Call Recording Rules for Research Analysts

By Nithya Subramanian | 20/05/2026

The proposal aims to reduce the compliance burden for interactions with institutional investors while retaining stricter safeguards for retail clients.

Structural Regulation

ASIC Details Progress on Multi-Year Regulatory Simplification Drive

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 20/05/2026

The regulator has outlined key achievements in reducing compliance burdens and plans for further digital transformation and cross-agency collaboration.

Structural Regulation

China Sets New Capital and Conduct Rules for Derivatives Dealers

By Mark Johnston | 20/05/2026

New measures establish a CNY 500 million net capital floor for dealers, introduce suitability and real-name account rules, and clarify the regulatory framework.

Reporting & Disclosures

Shenzhen Exchange to Revamp ChiNext Indices, Adds ESG Screen

By Mark Johnston | 20/05/2026

The move will create a new tiered system of large, mid and small-cap indices and introduce new exclusion rules for ESG and risk-flagged stocks.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability

APRA Disqualifies Former Xinja Chair Under Accountability Regime

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 20/05/2026

The six-year ban follows an investigation into undisclosed ‘side agreements’ that misrepresented the failed neobank’s capital position, marking the third such action against its former executives.

Structural Regulation

Australia Orders Chinese Investors to Divest Rare Earths Stake

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 20/05/2026

The order is the latest in a series of government interventions to protect a critical minerals company from foreign control on national security grounds.

Anti-Bribery & Corruption

Chinese Investors Call on Indonesia to Improve Investment Climate

By Mark Johnston | 20/05/2026

A key issue is a planned regulation that would require natural resource exporters to retain 50 percent of their foreign exchange earnings in Indonesian state-owned banks.