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Markets & Infrastructure
Structural Regulation
Hong Kong Gazettes Bill for New Company Re-domiciliation Regime
By Editors | 29/12/2024
The Bill to introduce the new company re-domiciliation regime will be introduced into the LegCo for first reading on 8 January 2025.
Supervision & Enforcement
SFC Imposes Fine and Lifetime Ban Against Fund Manager
By Editors | 28/12/2024
The SFC said the former fund manager’s removal from the industry is “necessary to protect the investing public”.
Structural Regulation
Bursa Malaysia Proposes Move to Electronic CDS Statements
By Editors | 27/12/2024
From Q1 2025, hard-copy securities account statements will only be available at a fee or under exceptional circumstances.
Conduct, Culture & Accountability
AFRC Fines BDO and Two Partners for Audit Failures
By Editors | 27/12/2024
The AFRC said BDO’s history of non-compliance suggests a “tendency of repeated failures to comply with auditing and professional standards”.
Market Data & Technology
KRX, KSD Sign MOU to Establish Information Sharing System
By Editors | 27/12/2024
The information sharing system will help both organisations automate tasks and speed up the issuance and listing of securities.
Structural Regulation
HKEX Will Adopt Changes to Corporate Governance Code
By Manesh Samtani | 26/12/2024
HKEX will cap the number of board seats that INEDs can hold at six and limit the duration of their tenure to nine years.
Structural Regulation
NZX Updates Rules on Director Independence
By Editors | 26/12/2024
Issuers wlll have to explain not only that a director is independent, but also why any potential conflicts identified were not disqualifying.
Payments & Settlements
BIS Paper Encourages Wider Global Adoption of FPS
By Manesh Samtani | 26/12/2024
The paper examines how FPS have revolutionised payments, drawing lessons from Brazil’s Pix, Costa Rica’s SINPE Móvil, and India’s UPI.
Conduct, Culture & Accountability
Australia Court Rules Against CFD Firms in Landmark Ruling
By Editors | 26/12/2024
The Court for the first time found that a licensee breached the law by offering services to customers outside of the country.
Conduct, Culture & Accountability
HKMA Streamlines Audio-recording Requirement for Investment Sales
By Editors | 26/12/2024
HKMA circular covers the use of video conferencing and other digital tools to conduct investment transactions of retail banking customers.
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