Markets & Infrastructure

Trading & Investment

MAS Eases Retail Investor Access to Bond Market

By Samuel Riding | 20/05/2016

Minimum investment cut to USD725 for wholesale bonds listed for longer than 6-months.

Structural Regulation

NSE to Question SEBI on Having to List on Rival Exchange

By Samuel Riding | 20/05/2016

Exchange reluctant to list on rival market, will insist on not being regulated by BSE.

Custody & Infrastructure

SSX to Develop Blockchain Settlement, Registration

By Samuel Riding | 20/05/2016

Sydney exchange’s system to be initially deployed across private markets platform.

KYC & CDD

Compliance Costs to Dominate APAC Wealth Management Budgets – EY

By Samuel Riding | 19/05/2016

Consultant’s first APAC data shows compliance much more of a concern than in other regions.

Trading & Investment

India Considering Additional HFT Surveillance Requirement

By Samuel Riding | 19/05/2016

Regulator also looking into speed bumps, order randomisation, trade bunching and limiting colocation access.

Trading & Investment

RBI Confirms FPIs Will Be Able to Invest in Unlisted Securities

By Samuel Riding | 18/05/2016

Central bank circular also details rules for allowing investment in securitised debt.

Structural Regulation

Taiwan FSC Proposes Extensive Financial Markets Reform

By Samuel Riding | 18/05/2016

Regulator concludes investors face much higher costs and taxes than in rival markets.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability

HSBC Accepts ASIC Undertaking on Structured Product Sales

By Samuel Riding | 18/05/2016

Bank required to remediate clients who may have received ‘deficient advice’.

Cybersecurity

JP Morgan Restricts SWIFT Access

By Samuel Riding | 18/05/2016

Bank takes precaution after security breaches related to Vietnam and Bangladesh banks.