Markets & Infrastructure

Structural Regulation

SEBI Pushes Commodity Exchange Consolidation

By Samuel Riding | 27/11/2015

Regional commodity exchanges have two years to demutualise, will be brought under securities contract regulation by 2018.

Structural Regulation

CSRC Orders Halt to Swap Lending

By Samuel Riding | 27/11/2015

Stock market regulator asks brokers to end practice of using swaps and OTC contracts to finance stock purchases.

Cybersecurity

CPMI-IOSCO Issue Financial Markets Cyber Guidance

By Samuel Riding | 26/11/2015

Joint consultation paper focuses on international cooperation in pre-empting and reacting to cyber-attacks.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability

SGX Reviewing Listed Companies’ Corporate Governance

By Samuel Riding | 25/11/2015

Singapore exchange reviewing compliance with corporate governance rules to bolster credibility as regulator.

Structural Regulation

Korea to Ease Foreign Bank Regulations

By Samuel Riding | 25/11/2015

Financial statements of foreign lenders operating in Korea will no longer be scrutinised by FSS.

Emerging Prudential Risks

The Land that Regulation Forgot

By Peter Guy | 23/11/2015

Asset managers unrealistically expect to escape iron grasp of SIFI regulation.

Structural Regulation

SFC Launches ATS Consultation

By Samuel Riding | 23/11/2015

Hong Kong regulator’s consultation focuses on applying automated trading regulation to OTC derivatives.

Structural Regulation

Philippine Stock Exchange to Boost Stake in PDS

By Samuel Riding | 23/11/2015

Philippine Stock Exchange currently holds 20.98 percent in operator of Philippine Dealing Exchange.

Clearing & Post-Trade

Markit Launches Automatic Risk Updater

By Samuel Riding | 20/11/2015

System for banks to automatically update risk profile after netting launches on LCH.Clearnet’s SwapClear.