Markets & Infrastructure

Payments & Settlements

NZ Regulators Demand Progress on Real-Time Payment System

By Editors | 27/07/2023

RBNZ and the Council of Financial Regulators criticised Payments NZ’s slow progress towards a real-time payment system.

KYC & CDD

SEBI Mandates LEI for All Non-Individual FPIs

By Editors | 27/07/2023

SEBI is requiring foreign portfolio investors to include their LEI in registration and account opening forms.

Structural Regulation

Monitoring Group Progresses Work to Enhance Standard-Setting System

By Editors | 27/07/2023

Monitoring Group comments on key advances in enhancing standards on international audit, assurance, ethics, and independence.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability

Publicly Traded Companies Globally Fall Short in Codes of Conduct: Study

By Ranamita Chakraborty | 27/07/2023

LRN’s study on 200 top-traded companies in Asia, Europe and North America found that only 17 percent of them had highly effective codes of conduct.

Trading & Investment

China NDRC Outlines New Measures to Stimulate Private Investment

By Editors | 27/07/2023

The NDRC aims to promote private investment by clarifying objectives, targeting key sectors, and improving guarantee mechanisms.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability

Korea to Enhance Financial Dispute Mediation Procedures

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 27/07/2023

The FSC says the revised procedures are scheduled to be formally announced on 1 August and take effect three months later.

Structural Regulation

CSRC Warns Against Negative Portrayals of China in IPO Documents

By Editors | 27/07/2023

Markets regulator urges law firms to tone down China risk descriptions in IPO prospectuses for offshore listings.

Trading & Investment

HKEX, IDX Sign MoU to Explore Cross-Market Listings

By Editors | 26/07/2023

HKEX and IDX will look to collaborate on cross-border listings, joint product development and ESG initiatives.

Payments & Settlements

Why Banks Should Leverage ISO 20022 as an Innovation Accelerator

By Pete McCormick | 26/07/2023

Pete McCormick discusses the challenges banks face in adopting ISO 20022, as well as the benefits of doing so, using a strategic approach.