Markets & Infrastructure

Structural Regulation

Myanmar to Issue New Banking Rules

By Samuel Riding | 17/03/2016

Regulations to cover bank corporate governance, foreign stakes and AML.

Trading & Investment

India Allows FPIs to Invest in Defaulted Bonds

By Samuel Riding | 16/03/2016

Securities regulator also allows foreign portfolio investors into REITs, infrastructure investment trusts and AIFs.

Structural Regulation

CSRC Plans to Reform IPO Registration Process

By Editors | 15/03/2016

Chinese regulators intends to take steps to reform its stock markets’ IPO registration system.

Structural Regulation

BSE Receives In-principle Approval for Listing

By Editors | 14/03/2016

IPO is set to be launched in the next six to nine months.

Trading & Investment

SFC to Propose ‘See-through’ Investor Identification

By Samuel Riding | 10/03/2016

System would allow regulator to see beyond broker transactions to identify instructing investors.

Trading & Investment

Details of China’s New Interbank Bond Regime Expected this Month

By Samuel Riding | 09/03/2016

Foreign investors will have no quotas so long as they are on-boarded and have applications filed by agent banks.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability

SFC Cuts Retail Investors from Ownership Principles

By Samuel Riding | 08/03/2016

Only minor changes made to best-practice guidelines after public consultation.

Structural Regulation

Myanmar Grants 4 Foreign Bank Licenses

By Samuel Riding | 08/03/2016

State Bank of India in second group of foreign lenders allowed to operate in the country.

Market Abuse

HKEx: In Through the Back Door

By Peter Guy | 07/03/2016

Mainland Chinese buyers are treating the Hong Kong stock exchange like a breeding pen for listed shells.