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Credit Risk
S. Korea Tightens P2P Lending Limits to Guard Against Defaults
By Editors | 01/04/2020
P2P lending caps are being lowered to protect investors against potential defaults and delinquencies caused by the Covid-19 crisis.
KYC & CDD
BSP Relaxes KYC Norms During Covid-19 Lockdown
By Editors | 01/04/2020
The move will facilitate the delivery of welfare funds to beneficiaries who have no available valid IDs or transactional account with any financial institution.
Trading & Investment
HKFE Offers Cash to Market Makers in Mini Metals Futures
By Editors | 01/04/2020
A HKD 30,000 cash stipend is offered per contract per month per trading session upon fulfillment of quoting obligations in aluminium, zinc, copper and nickel mini futures contracts.
Market Data & Technology
Bursa Malaysia Implements ISO 20022 for Corporate Announcements
By Editors | 01/04/2020
The messaging standard will transform the corporate announcements flow in Malaysia, favour interoperability with other marketplaces, and foster innovation.
Structural Regulation
UPDATED – ASIC, ASX Offer Relief from Capital Raising Rules
By Editors | 01/04/2020
The relief applies to listed entities looking to offer placements, rights issues and share purchase plans as a way to urgently raise capital to mitigate the effects of Covid-19.
Market Abuse
SFC Bans Former China Rise CEO for Naked Short Selling
By Editors | 01/04/2020
The ex-CEO was banned for 28 months for placing – and concealing – uncovered short selling orders through his personal account and a client’s discretionary account in 2014.
Structural Regulation
MAS, ACRA, SGX RegCo Update Guidance on Meeting Conduct
By Editors | 01/04/2020
Guidance is provided on holding general meetings in light of the current 10-person limit on attendance of any event in Singapore.
Structural Regulation
NZX Subsidiary to Assume Frontline Regulatory Functions
By Editors | 01/04/2020
The new subsidiary will be structurally separate from NZX’s commercial and operational activities and governed by a largely independent board.
Structural Regulation
SFC Extends Deadlines on Three Regulatory Initiatives
By Editors | 31/03/2020
The deferred initiatives relate to new requirements on external data storage, client asset protection, and brokers’ systems for maintaining order life cycle data.
Structural Regulation
Xiaomi-backed Virtual Bank Launches Hong Kong Pilot
By Editors | 31/03/2020
The pilot will allow 2,000 friends and relatives of Airstar, Xiaomi and AMTD Group employees to trial new virtual banking services under the HKMA’s sandbox.
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