Markets & Infrastructure

Conduct, Culture & Accountability

Annual Report Shows FMA Exceeded Litigation Budget by 50pc

By Editors | 03/11/2019

The government has approved a three-fold increase in the FMA’s litigation fund to NZ$6mn for the 2019/2020 year, a day before the annual report was released.

Market Abuse

SFC Fines China Rise for Short Selling, Cross Trading Breaches

By Editors | 31/10/2019

China Rise’s former CEO placed 199 illegal short selling orders in 2014, and an unnamed senior manager executed cross trades at a price detrimental to the client.

Structural Regulation

China Further Eases Restrictions on Foreign Investment

By Editors | 31/10/2019

China will not force foreign investors and companies to transfer their technology to their local partners, according to Vice Minister of Commerce Wang Shouwen.

Cloud & Infrastructure

S. Korea Launches 10-Bank Pilot of Open Banking System

By Editors | 31/10/2019

Initially, bank customers will be able to access services from 10 banks, before the system is expanded to other banks and fintech firms in December.

Trading & Investment

UBS Becomes First Foreign Firm to Sponsor STAR Market IPO

By Editors | 30/10/2019

China-based UBS Securities, now majority-controlled by UBS Group AG, was the sole underwriter for the IPO, which is also now the first STAR Market stock dually-listed in Hong Kong.

Trading & Investment

China Commodity Exchanges to Stop Double-counting Trade Volumes

By Editors | 30/10/2019

The SHFE, DCE and ZCE will all move to reporting on a single-count basis from 1 January 2020, in a bid to converge with international standards.

Trading & Investment

ASIC Extends Deadline for Super Fund Portfolio Disclosures

By Editors | 30/10/2019

The first reporting day for portfolio holdings disclosure was set for 31 December this year, but the regulations which set out how this disclosure is to be organised have not yet been made.

Structural Regulation

BOJ Calls for Applications from Aspiring Benchmark Administrators

By Editors | 30/10/2019

The BOJ committee is soliciting entities that can begin calculating and publishing term structures based on JPY overnight index swaps as prototype rates.

Emerging Prudential Risks

Transitioning Away from IBORs: The View from Asia

By Garima Chitkara | 30/10/2019

Asian banks have a large and complex operational task ahead of them as they prepare for a post-LIBOR world after 2021, say KPMG’s Marie Gervacio and Luke Gower.