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Conduct, Culture & Accountability
Barclays Fires CEO Antony Jenkins But Still Unable to Define Strategy
By Peter Guy | 09/07/2015
Board faces touch choices caught between demands of regulatory compliance and business performance.
Trading & Investment
China to Launch Index Options, Limits Index Futures Trading
By Samuel Riding | 08/07/2015
Exchange to launch index options as part of continued development of derivatives market; futures trading limited in response to market selloff.
Capital Adequacy
Indonesia Promotes New Tools to Attract Foreign Islamic Banks
By Editors | 08/07/2015
Indonesian regulators are promoting new sharia-compliant financial tools and considering easing foreign ownership limits for domestic Islamic banks.
Trading & Investment
New Zealand Consults on Risk Indicators for Managed Funds
By Editors | 08/07/2015
New Zealand’s Financial Markets Authority has issued a consultation paper on risk indicators and descriptions of managed funds.
Alternative Markets
India to Fast-Track Foreign Inflows into Alternative Investment Funds
By Editors | 08/07/2015
India is considering changes to its foreign exchange regulations to attract greater foreign capital inflows to Alternative Investment Funds.
Trading & Investment
India Shortens Evening Session for Agricultural Commodities
By Editors | 08/07/2015
India’s Forward Markets Commission has shortened the evening session for agricultural commodities by two hours and delisted four contracts.
Structural Regulation
Singapore Strengthens REITs Market
By Editors | 07/07/2015
The Monetary Authority of Singapore has refined its proposals to strengthen the real estate investment trust market by imposing measures that relax investment rules and safeguard investors’ interests.
Trading & Investment
Singapore Regulator Cautions against Trading in Exchange Operator SGX
By Editors | 06/07/2015
The Monetary Authority of Singapore has warned investors to “trade with caution” on shares of the exchange operator SGX.
Capital Adequacy
Japan Banks Urged to Reduce Cross-Shareholdings
By Editors | 06/07/2015
Japan’s Financial Services Agency is urging the country’s biggest banks to reduce their cross-shareholdings in client companies.
Structural Regulation
New Outsourcing Policy Planned for India’s Key Market Entities
By Editors | 06/07/2015
SEBI will soon issue a new set of guidelines to govern outsourcing by stock exchanges and other key entities.
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