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Structural Regulation
RBI Calls for Regulation of “Disruptive” Financial Innovation
By Editors | 28/08/2015
RBI Deputy Governor SS Mundra is calling for tighter regulatory frameworks around peer-to-peer (P2P) lending, internet-only banks, crowd funding platforms and cryptocurrency.
Anti-Money Laundering
India Brings in FATCA, Scraps MAT
By Samuel Riding | 27/08/2015
Domestic tax rules changed to account for US legislation; minimum alternate tax exemption backdated to 2001.
Trading & Investment
Regulator Asks Philippine Stock Exchange to Explain Outages
By Editors | 27/08/2015
The Securities and Exchange Commission has asked the Philippine Stock Exchange to explain trading outages that halted all floor trading three times over a span of seven days in August.
Trading & Investment
Taiwan to Use Rescue Fund to Stabilise Market
By Editors | 26/08/2015
Taiwan’s government gives green light to use NT$500 billion fund to stabilise stock market.
Structural Regulation
China Market Further Opened to HK, Macau Brokers
By Editors | 25/08/2015
CSRC announced that Hong Kong and Macau securities brokerages will be allowed to set up fully licensed units in parts China.
Market Risk
Good Regulation vs. Bad Instrument
By Peter Guy | 25/08/2015
Credit default swaps were the market’s equivalent of a nuclear meltdown. Now they are coming back. Will any amount of regulation prevent the next big one?
Structural Regulation
SEBI-FMC Merger Set for September 28
By Editors | 25/08/2015
The Securities and Exchange Board of India has announced new commodity market norms effective from September 28 – the date it has set to merge with the Forward Markets Commission.
Emerging Prudential Risks
China Pension Funds to Invest in Domestic Stock Market
By Editors | 25/08/2015
China’s State Council has announced it will allow up to 30 percent of locally managed pension funds to be invested in domestic stocks and stock-linked funds, potentially channeling hundreds of billions into the stock market.
Structural Regulation
ASIC Issues Third Report on Corporate Finance Regulation
By Editors | 24/08/2015
The Australia Securities and Investment Commission has published its third report detailing the approach it takes to the regulation of corporate finance issues.
Credit Risk
China Calls for More Lending to Infrastructure and Regional Development Projects
By Editors | 24/08/2015
China’s banking regulator and top economic planner have jointly issued new guidance aimed at supporting infrastructure and regional development projects amid slowing economic growth.
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