Markets & Infrastructure

Trading & Investment

ASEAN Launches Collective Investment Scheme

By Editors | 26/08/2014

Singapore-based fund managers can now offer their funds directly to investors in Malaysia and Thailand under a streamlined authorization process following the launch of the ASEAN Collective Investment Scheme (CIS).

Trading & Investment

Hong Kong-Shanghai Stock Scheme Faces Tax, Quota Issues

By Editors | 26/08/2014

The stock market trading scheme between Hong Kong and Shanghai could be derailed by unclear tax policies and daily quotas that discourage foreign institutional investors to take part in the initiative.

Structural Regulation

Hong Kong Regulator Reiterates IPO Sponsor Liability

By Editors | 26/08/2014

The Securities and Futures Commission has reaffirmed that sponsors of initial public offerings (IPO), particularly banks that prepare companies for a Hong Kong listing, are criminally liable for defective prospectuses.

Trading & Investment

Japan Regulator Plans to Allow Crowdfunding

By Editors | 23/08/2014

The Financial Services Agency plans to allow businesses to procure small amounts of funding from the general public by issuing shares online.

Alternative Markets

China Endorses Launch of First Large Private Investment Firm

By Editors | 22/08/2014

China has endorsed the launch of the country’s first national-level private investment company, China Minsheng Investment, in Shanghai.

Trading & Investment

Taiwan Plans Cross-Border Stock Trading with Japan

By Editors | 22/08/2014

Taiwan will study the possibility of launching a cross-border stock trading scheme with Japan in a bid to boost internationalization of the local bourse, said the country’s top financial regulator.

Capital Adequacy

Taiwan Regulator Eyes Pan-Asian Growth for Financial Sector

By Editors | 22/08/2014

Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission vowed to support financial institutions’ bid to expand into other Asian markets by easing a number of regulatory hurdles in the banking, insurance and securities brokerage industries.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability

StanChart Asia CEO’s Errant Remarks are a Sign of the Times

By Peter Guy | 22/08/2014

Global banking culture faces a generational change of leadership to survive new regulations.

Trading & Investment

ASEAN on Track to Create Regional Asset Class

By Editors | 21/08/2014

Top officials of the ASEAN Exchanges said that member bourses are taking collaborative steps to create, market and promote ASEAN as a single asset class.