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Trading & Investment
China Allows IMF Access to Domestic Markets Through RQFII
By Editors | 08/03/2019
The CSRC said it made the decision after receiving an application from the IMF, whose RQFII investment quota has not yet been revealed.
Emerging Prudential Risks
S. Korea FSC Unveils 2019 Financial Policy Roadmap
By Editors | 08/03/2019
Highlights will include measures to accelerate financial innovation, approve online-only banks, launch a regulatory sandbox, and strengthen consumer and investor protection.
Structural Regulation
Japan FSA Official Lays Out G20 Financial Sector Agenda
By Editors | 07/03/2019
Under Japan’s Presidency this year, the G20 financial sector agenda will centre on addressing market fragmentation, technological innovation and the problems of aging societies.
Structural Regulation
LIBOR Transition Requires Efforts now, Despite BMR Grace Period
By Matthieu Sachot | 07/03/2019
Regardless of the BMR compliance extension, it is important that LIBOR transition programmes continue to progress quickly, says Matthieu Sachot at Chappuis Halder & Co.
Structural Regulation
Japan Mulls Measures to Enable Consolidation of Ailing Banks
By Editors | 07/03/2019
Japan’s government plans to introduce legislation that will provide exemptions from its anti-monopoly law to allow regional banks to consolidate more easily.
Conduct, Culture & Accountability
PBOC to Unify Financial Consumer Protection Under Single Agency
By Editors | 07/03/2019
Under the current mechanism, financial consumer rights protection is handling by various regulatory bodies, which lack coordination and where standards are not uniform.
Structural Regulation
BSP Eyes Oversight Extension to Cover Banking Conglomerates
By Editors | 07/03/2019
The BSP gained sweeping new powers last month, but it did not gain the oversight authority over conglomerates that own or control Philippine banks.
Structural Regulation
HKMA Asks Hong Kong Banks to Prepare for Benchmark Reform
By Editors | 06/03/2019
The HKMA says the transition to alternative reference rates will have significant implications for authorised institutions’ businesses, risk management and operational processes.
Clearing & Post-Trade
SWIFT, SGX, SLIB Join Forces to Test Blockchain Based e-Voting
By Editors | 06/03/2019
SWIFT, SGX, and software firm SLIB will collaborate with DBS, Deutsche Bank, HSBC and Standard Chartered to test the use of DLT in e-voting in Asia Pacific.
Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime
UPDATED – RBI Fines Multiple Banks for SWIFT Integration Non-Compliance
By Editors | 05/03/2019
The penalties follow directions issued by the RBI in February 2018 requiring banks to link their core banking systems with the SWIFT network.
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