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Conduct, Culture & Accountability
ASIC Offers Whistleblower Guidance for Auditors, Company Officers
By Editors | 01/07/2020
The guidance explains the obligations of company auditors and company officers under the whistleblower protection provisions under the Corporations Act.
Structural Regulation
FSB Issues Statement on Global Benchmark Transition
By Editors | 01/07/2020
The FSB maintains its view that financial and non-financial sector firms across all jurisdictions should continue efforts to remove remaining LIBOR dependencies by end-2021.
Structural Regulation
Wave of Fund Managers Looking to Set Up Singapore VCCs
By Editors | 01/07/2020
Up to 70 VCCs have already been launched in Singapore, many by small and boutique funds or local family offices. But a much larger wave of companies is on its way.
Conduct, Culture & Accountability
The New Normal: Conduct Risk & Personal Accountability
By Stephen Scott | 01/07/2020
Increasingly, leaders along all Three Lines of Defence are being held personally accountable for misconduct that takes place on their watch, says Stephen Scott at Starling.
Clearing & Post-Trade
ASX Proposes April 2022 Go-Live of CHESS Replacement
By Editors | 30/06/2020
The revised timetable accounts for Covid-19 related disruptions, accommodates functionality changes, and provides more time to ensure user readiness.
Data Privacy
India Bans Chinese Apps, Citing Data Privacy Issues
By Editors | 30/06/2020
India has banned 59 of China’s biggest mobile phone apps including TikTok and WeChat, saying they breach data privacy requirements and threaten the country’s security.
PEPs & Sanctions
National Security Legislation Promulgates in Hong Kong
By Editors | 30/06/2020
A legislative notice has been posted in the Hong Kong gazette, saying the national law applies in the city as part of the Basic Law from 11pm on 30 June 2020.
Trading & Investment
SGX Pushes into FX OTC Market with BidFX Acquisition
By Editors | 30/06/2020
The acquisition will bring together two growing and mutually-reinforcing pools of liquidity, and allow SGX to further expand into the global FX OTC market.
Capital Adequacy
US Regulators Approve Volcker Rule Revisions
By Editors | 30/06/2020
The latest amendment allows banks to invest in venture capital and credit funds and reduces the amount of capital they have to set aside against inter-affiliate swap trades.
Structural Regulation
Industry Bodies Call on EU to Reform Benchmarks Regulation
By Editors | 30/06/2020
The majority of third-country benchmarks pose no systemic risk but could nevertheless be barred from use in the EU due to a costly and burdensome third-country benchmark regime.
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