Markets & Infrastructure

    Trading & Investment

    Dhaka Bourse Trials Pre-Opening, Post-Closing Sessions

    By Duruthu E Chandrasekera | 28/10/2020

    BSEC Executive Director Mohammad Saifur Rahman told Regulation Asia the pre-opening and post-closing sessions will be effective as early as next month.

    Conduct, Culture & Accountability

    Bovill Research Calls into Question Efficacy of FCA’s SMCR

    By Shruti Khairnar | 28/10/2020

    The FCA’s experience with SMCR could inform senior management regimes in other jurisdictions such as Singapore, Australia and Hong Kong.

    Trading & Investment

    China Explores Rule Relaxations to Facilitate Cross-Border Investment

    By Manesh Samtani | 28/10/2020

    China’s regulators are working to further relax restrictions on cross-border investment and create new channels for domestic and foreign investors alike.

    Trading & Investment

    CSRC Updates Rules to Protect Convertible Bond Investors

    By Editors | 28/10/2020

    Trading venues will have to develop an investor suitability management system, and securities firms will have to conduct client suitability assessments.

    Structural Regulation

    MAS Seeks Removal of REIT Manager for SFA Breaches

    By Editors | 27/10/2020

    Eagle Hospitality REIT Management breached the minimum base capital and financial resources requirements under the SFA three times in the span of about a year.

    CBDCs

    BIS, Swiss National Bank to Issue CBDC Proof of Concept by Year-End

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 27/10/2020

    CBDC research provides an “essential opportunity” to pool knowledge and resources and help enhance cross-border payments, says Benoît Coeuré, head of the BIS Innovation Hub.

    Emerging Prudential Risks

    PBOC Issues Draft Law Aimed at Modernising Central Bank System

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 27/10/2020

    The draft law expands the PBOC’s role in preventing financial risks, assigns it responsibilities to society, and provides a legal basis for its CBDC, among other changes.

    Payments & Settlements

    Australian Treasury Orders Review of Domestic Payments Regulation

    By Shruti Khairnar | 27/10/2020

    The review comes after two decades of the regulatory architecture of the domestic payments system being largely unchanged.

    Trading & Investment

    FSS Bans Unlicensed Investment Advice on Online Chatrooms

    By Editors | 27/10/2020

    Unlicensed advisers are barred from giving one-on-one investment advice to clients, but chat rooms have been serving as platforms for illegal consulting.

    Trading & Investment

    DCE Solicits Opinions on Amended RBD Palm Olein Futures Rules

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 27/10/2020

    The new rules are aimed at providing certainty and appeal for overseas market participants to participate in the DCE’s RBD palm olein futures market.

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