Markets & Infrastructure

Structural Regulation

Hong Kong Gazettes Legal Notices for eMPF Platform Onboarding

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 26/02/2025

The legal notices serve to enforce the mandatory use of the eMPF Platform for three MPF schemes administered by Principal Trust Company (Asia) Limited.

Trading & Investment

RBI Issues Final Guidelines for Forward Contracts in G-Secs

By Nithya Subramanian | 26/02/2025

Effective 2 May 2025, the guidelines establish a regulatory framework for forward contracts in the OTC market involving G-Secs.

Emerging Prudential Risks

FSB to Prioritise Implementation of Post-Crisis Reforms

By Mark Johnston | 26/02/2025

The FSB will conduct a strategic review of 15 years of post-crisis reforms to identify areas for improvement in ensuring consistent, global implementation.

Structural Regulation

BSP Issues Draft Rules for Digital Marketplace Operators

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 26/02/2025

The draft guidelines will allow banks and EMIs to offer their own products as well as those from third-party providers via a single “digital marketplace” platform.

Cybersecurity

SEBI Fines Indian Clearing Corporation for Cybersecurity Lapses

By Nithya Subramanian | 26/02/2025

SEBI said the BSE subsidiary didn’t maintain an up-to-date inventory of IT assets or comply with requirements to identify critical assets.

Structural Regulation

Singapore Banks Have Completed the Transition to SORA

By Nithya Subramanian | 26/02/2025

The transition, which concluded in December 2024, enhances trust and confidence in SGD interest rates and strengthens market resilience.

Structural Regulation

Vietnam Securities Commission Signs Information-Sharing MoU

By Nithya Subramanian | 25/02/2025

The SSC signed the IOSCO APRC Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding for Supervisory Cooperation (SMMoU).

Structural Regulation

Fund Managers Facings Singapore Approval Delays: Report

By Nithya Subramanian | 25/02/2025

A surge in applications has extended wait times for fund manager approvals in Singapore to nearly eight months, surpassing the regulator’s six-month target.

Trading & Investment

Japan FSA Revises Rules to Enable Digital Document Delivery to Clients

By Thisanka Siripala | 25/02/2025

Securities firms will be allowed to provide digital documents to customers for financial instruments transaction contracts, instead of physical documents.