Markets & Infrastructure

Cloud & Infrastructure

Update: Indonesia Outlines Fintech Regime

By Samuel Riding | 06/09/2016

Central bank to oversee payments sandbox; OJK to regulate other services.

Operational Risk

SGX Creates Working Group after Outage

By Samuel Riding | 06/09/2016

Group will seek to increase resilience of the Singapore market.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability

ANZ to Refund $22mn in Fees, Interest

By Samuel Riding | 06/09/2016

Bank charged fees on payments between accounts held by the same customer.

Structural Regulation

Thailand Consults on Securities, Derivative License Fees

By Samuel Riding | 06/09/2016

Revised proposals charges for business operators follow first round of public comment.

Trading & Investment

Philippines to Have Repo Market by End-2016, Early 2017

By Samuel Riding | 06/09/2016

Central bank governor says programme will open the door to allowing short selling.

Structural Regulation

G20: Reality Meets Regulation for Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

By Peter Guy | 05/09/2016

Governance and operational transparency will challenge its prestige once operations begin.

Trading & Investment

Taiwan to Ease Investment Restrictions

By Samuel Riding | 05/09/2016

Chinese nationals can purchase fund products without using a custodial bank.

Structural Regulation

PBOC Said to Take on Bond Market Regulation

By Samuel Riding | 05/09/2016

PBOC-CSRC proposal could mark start of cross-functional ‘super regulator’.

Structural Regulation

Pakistan Equalises Sukuk Tax Treatment

By Samuel Riding | 05/09/2016

Exemptions for sukuk expected to boost Islamic finance sector