Markets & Infrastructure

Trading & Investment

India’s RBI Lifts Import Ban of Gold Coins, Medallions by Banks

By Editors | 18/02/2015

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has lifted the ban on imports of gold coins and medallions by banks and trading houses.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability

India’s SEBI Plans to Cap Fees Mutual Funds Pay Distributors

By Editors | 18/02/2015

Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) plans to cap the upfront commission that mutual funds pay distributors in an effort to step up consumer protection.

Structural Regulation

Indonesia to Issue Regulation on Definition of Foreign Banks

By Editors | 18/02/2015

Indonesia’s Financial Services Authority, or OJK, plans to release a regulation on the definition of foreign banks in the country, in a move that puts its policies in line with those of neighbouring nations Singapore and Malaysia.

Payments & Settlements

Japan, S. Korea to End Currency Swap Program

By Editors | 17/02/2015

Japan and South Korea have agreed to end their 14-year-old currency swap arrangement this month.

Trading & Investment

Singapore Sets Out Plan to Boost Crowdfunding

By Editors | 17/02/2015

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has set out a proposal that will give companies easier access to alternative sources of funding through securities-based crowdfunding (SCF).

Structural Regulation

DTCC’s Legal Entity Identifier Service Gathers Momentum

By Editors | 16/02/2015

The Global Markets Entity Identifier utility of the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation, offered in collaboration with SWIFT, has issued over 165,000 legal entity identifiers (LEIs) to entities from over 140 jurisdictions, representing about 50% of all issued LEIs.

Trading & Investment

HKEx Plans to Add More HK Stocks in Cross-Border Link

By Editors | 10/02/2015

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd plans to add more stocks to be traded under the Shanghai-Hong Kong cross border trading scheme ahead of the proposed opening of the Shenzhen-Hong Kong link within the year.

Structural Regulation

Foreign Investment Regulatory Regime in China Undergoing Revolutionary Changes

By Peter Guy | 09/02/2015

Draft proposals of new laws are the biggest in ten years and will streamline and clarify regulations in order to open up the economy.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability

Hong Kong Regulator Endorses Revised Banking Code

By Editors | 08/02/2015

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has endorsed a revised code of banking practice that requires the city’s banks to uphold international banking practices in areas of disclosure and transparency, responsible business conduct and financial education.