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Emerging Prudential Risks
Singapore Fund Managers Highlight Political Risk: IMAS Survey
By Garima Chitkara | 27/01/2018
Majority of respondents expect to follow multi-asset strategy in response to political pressures; managers also concerned about fintech disruption and compliance costs.
Conduct, Culture & Accountability
ASIC Finds Clear Bias Towards In-house WMPs at Big Banks
By Garima Chitkara | 26/01/2018
The report says 68 percent of clients are heavily invested in banks’ in-house products; advisors may face bans if conflicts of interest are not managed better.
Trading & Investment
HKEX Says to Improve Risk Management in 2018
By Samuel Riding | 26/01/2018
Charles Li says HKEX to expand Shenzhen and Shanghai Stock Connect to include ETFs, but proposed Hong Kong-London equivalent on the backburner.
Structural Regulation
Taiwan Regulator Eyes Digital-Only Bank Regime
By Editors | 24/01/2018
Head of Financial Supervisory Commission says to produce feasibility study this year; visit South Korea and Japan to investigate internet-only banking concept.
Credit Risk
IMF, World Bank Issue Reports on India Financial Supervision, Market Infrastructure
By Samuel Riding | 24/01/2018
Reports praise progress but suggest more can be done on governance at public sector banks, market infrastructure risk management, among other issues.
Trading & Investment
Banks Will Struggle if Prop Trading is Reintroduced
By Peter Guy | 22/01/2018
US banks lobbied hard for a rollback of the Volcker Rule and a return to proprietary trading to bolster profits. They will soon find that it’s now a different world.
Conduct, Culture & Accountability
Thailand Implements New Market Misconduct Penalty Scheme for Banks
By Editors | 20/01/2018
New market conduct rules to be implemented over next few weeks; Violators can be barred from operating or fined up to 1mn baht per day.
Structural Regulation
HK’s Financial Reporting Council to be Given Extended Powers
By Editors | 20/01/2018
Treasury for Financial Services and the Treasury says FRC to given independent oversight, inspection and disciplinary powers.
Structural Regulation
LEIs: Asia Following the Rest of the World
By Tony Freeman | 18/01/2018
Firms in the region either embrace, endure or avoid MiFID II’s LEI requirement, but must accept that it’s not just regulations from the US which now have a profound extraterritorial impact.
Structural Regulation
Philippines Will Now Report Cross Border Banking Stats to BIS
By Editors | 17/01/2018
BSP has begun reporting international banking statistics from January 2018, having met BIS standards for completeness and quality.
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