Markets & Infrastructure

Payments & Settlements

Hong Kong Launches Stored Value, Retail Payment Regime

By Samuel Riding | 16/11/2015

Existing issuers and new market operators of store-value facilities have one year to apply for HKMA license.

Structural Regulation

Merger of Philippine Exchanges Delayed

By Samuel Riding | 13/11/2015

Monopoly law a stumbling block in proposed merger of the country’s equity and fixed income exchanges.

Structural Regulation

Thailand Streamlines Commercial Bank Licensing

By Samuel Riding | 12/11/2015

Commercial lenders and bank representative offices to no longer require permits under Foreign Business Act.

Structural Regulation

Bangladesh Proposes Strict Mobile Finance Ownership Rules

By Samuel Riding | 12/11/2015

Guidelines prevent individual institutions from holding major stakes in mobile finance businesses.

Structural Regulation

CSRC Streamlines M&A Auditing

By Samuel Riding | 11/11/2015

China’s securities regulator introduces batch audits to support mergers and acquisitions among listed companies.

Emerging Prudential Risks

Regulatory Uncertainty Hindering Foreign Banks in China: CIFR

By Samuel Riding | 10/11/2015

China puts stability and other macro factors before competition when considering bank mergers, report says.

Trading & Investment

China, Singapore to Boost Capital Market Connectivity

By Samuel Riding | 09/11/2015

Pair to hold talks on regulations that ‘impinge on their capital markets’; Singapore to expand product offering to Chinese institutions.

Market Abuse

Spoofing Conviction Creates Uncertainty

By Peter Guy | 09/11/2015

Last week’s successful US conviction creates more ambiguity in electronic trading and global markets.

Trading & Investment

Pakistan Issues Draft Short Sale Rules

By Samuel Riding | 09/11/2015

Securities and Exchange Commission proposes short sale limit at 40 percent of a security’s average daily turnover.