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Structural Regulation
APAC Central Banks Prepare Market for Benchmark Reforms
By Editors | 27/09/2019
A group of APAC central banks have issued a report on the regional implications of LIBOR’s discontinuation, BMR implementation, and reforms to local benchmarks.
Clearing & Post-Trade
ASX Entities Need Stronger Legal Basis to Access Risk Capital
By Editors | 27/09/2019
In its latest assessment of ASX’s clearing and settlement facilities, the RBA says the facilities need to strengthen their legal basis to access general business risk capital.
Conduct, Culture & Accountability
New Zealand to Introduce New Conduct Oversight Regime
By Editors | 27/09/2019
New legislation to implement the regime is expected by year-end, empowering the FMA with stronger enforcement tools and the ability to impose higher penalties for conduct breaches.
Conduct, Culture & Accountability
HKMA Updates Rules on Sales of Banking Products
By Manesh Samtani | 27/09/2019
Banks may not sell investment, insurance and MPF products in areas that are used for deposit-taking activities, and the face-to-face sales process must be audio-recorded.
Clearing & Post-Trade
CFTC Proposals on Foreign CCPs Can be Improved: WFE
By Editors | 26/09/2019
While the WFE welcomes the CFTC proposals as a step towards reducing regulatory fragmentation, it says they can be made more risk-sensitive and better tailored to today’s markets.
Trading & Investment
Taiwan to List First Offshore Nasdaq-100 Index Futures
By Editors | 26/09/2019
Monday will mark the first time Nasdaq-100 index futures are listed outside the US, the result of a collaboration between CME Group and TAIFEX.
Structural Regulation
Small Finance Banks Rush to Meet RBI Listing Deadline
By Editors | 26/09/2019
A three-year deadline to publicly list is approaching for small finance banks that were granted in-principle licences by the RBI in September 2015.
Conduct, Culture & Accountability
RBNZ to Start Publishing Regulatory Breaches by Banks
By Editors | 25/09/2019
The RBNZ will start publishing banks’ regulatory breaches on its website next year in a bid to improve transparency and market discipline.
Supervision & Enforcement
APRA’s Authority Potentially Undermined by IOOF Court Loss
By Editors | 25/09/2019
APRA initiated court action against IOOF seeking to ultimately disqualify its executives from the industry, but instead the court dismissed the regulator’s case.
Trading & Investment
KRX to Enable Local Access to Foreign ETF Trading
By Editors | 25/09/2019
Access will be enabled through an ‘ETF of ETF’ structure, under which locally tradeable ETFs will invest in individual foreign ETFs.
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