Structural Regulation

Trading & Investment

India’s SEBI to Reserve 25% of IPO for Mutual Funds, Insurers

By Editors | 01/09/2014

The Securities and Exchange Board of India plans to make it mandatory for issuers to reserve 25% of an initial public offering for domestic mutual funds and insurers.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability

Australian Regulator Seeks More Power In Financial System

By Editors | 30/08/2014

The Australian Securities and Investment Commission is asking for the power to ban investment products and intervene more heavily in the market.

Alternative Markets

China to Boost Private Equity Sector with New Rules

By Editors | 28/08/2014

The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) aims to boost the development of its private equity funds with new rules that encourage industry self-regulation.

Trading & Investment

Hong Kong to Hold Roadshow for First Sukuk Offering

By Editors | 28/08/2014

The Hong Kong government will hold investor meetings from next week for its first Islamic bond issue.

Market Abuse

S. Korean Watchdog Probes Banks for Rate-Rigging

By Editors | 27/08/2014

South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission has launched a probe into four major commercial banks on allegations that the lenders colluded on setting deposit and lending rates after the central bank’s policy rate cut.

Trading & Investment

Taiwan to Relaunch Non-Deliverable Forward Forex Market

By Editors | 27/08/2014

Taiwan plans to reopen its non deliverable forward (NDF) foreign exchange market in phases after the country closed this down the for the New Taiwan dollar in 1998.

Trading & Investment

ASEAN Launches Collective Investment Scheme

By Editors | 26/08/2014

Singapore-based fund managers can now offer their funds directly to investors in Malaysia and Thailand under a streamlined authorization process following the launch of the ASEAN Collective Investment Scheme (CIS).

Trading & Investment

Hong Kong-Shanghai Stock Scheme Faces Tax, Quota Issues

By Editors | 26/08/2014

The stock market trading scheme between Hong Kong and Shanghai could be derailed by unclear tax policies and daily quotas that discourage foreign institutional investors to take part in the initiative.

Structural Regulation

Hong Kong Regulator Reiterates IPO Sponsor Liability

By Editors | 26/08/2014

The Securities and Futures Commission has reaffirmed that sponsors of initial public offerings (IPO), particularly banks that prepare companies for a Hong Kong listing, are criminally liable for defective prospectuses.