Markets & Infrastructure

Market Abuse

Hong Kong’s SFC Says Will Be On Guard for Market Manipulation

By Editors | 12/05/2015

Securities and Futures Commission would watch market activity closely to ensure against market manipulation amid a surge in trading volume.

Structural Regulation

India Appeases Foreign Investors as Government Moves to Resolve Tax Row

By Editors | 07/05/2015

India is setting up a panel that will suggest ways to resolve disputes arising from the country’s imposition of the minimum alternate tax (MAT), a levy imposed on years-old capital gains of foreign companies.

Cloud & Infrastructure

S Korea’s FSC Aims to Get More Banks to Fund Fintech Firms

By Editors | 07/05/2015

South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) said the state-run policy lenders Korea Development Bank and the Industrial Bank of Korea will allocate 200 billion won ($184.9 million) in funds this year to support financial technology companies or fintech.

Structural Regulation

China Plans to Allow Residents to Invest Overseas via FTZ

By Editors | 07/05/2015

China plans to allow Chinese individuals to invest in financial markets overseas through the Shanghai Free Trade Zone (FTZ).

Clearing & Post-Trade

GIC Adopts Omgeo ALERT to Boost Operational Efficiency

By Editors | 07/05/2015

Omgeo announces that Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC has adopted Omgeo ALERT as its settlement instruction service.

Trading & Investment

China Increases Foreign Access to Domestic Bond Market

By Editors | 07/05/2015

China moves towards liberalising its domestic capital markets by allowing a group of foreign institutions to invest in its domestic bond market.

Structural Regulation

Taiwan to Update Bank Merger Policy in May

By Editors | 06/05/2015

Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission said it will update a policy that will promote mergers in the domestic banking industry.

Structural Regulation

CCB (Asia) Selects Wolters Kluwer to Help Address Regulatory Reporting Requirements

By Editors | 05/05/2015

China Construction Bank (Asia) has announced they will be implementing Wolter Kluwers, OneSumX Regulatory Reporting solution.

Structural Regulation

ASIC Repeals Certain Market Integrity Rules

By Editors | 04/05/2015

Australian Investments & Securities Commission has refined its market integrity rules by removing certain unnecessary compliance requirements on market participants.