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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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