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Structural Regulation
Reporting on regulatory frameworks and rules governing market design, authorisation, and oversight of key financial market participants and infrastructures.
Payments & Settlements
Korea Mandates Lower Credit Card Fees for Over 3 Million Merchants
By Mark Johnston | 15/08/2025
The move, affecting 93.2% of all businesses, requires credit card firms to apply preferential rates to ease the financial burden on small enterprises.
Trading & Investment
KRX Set to Launch New ETF Futures After Eight-Year Hiatus
By Editors | 15/08/2025
The move is driven by high investor demand for hedging tools for the defence and shipbuilding sectors.
AI Risk & Governance
New Zealand FMA Set to Issue Guidance on AI, Tokenisation
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 15/08/2025
The FMA is developing principles for AI use and a discussion paper on tokenisation to foster responsible innovation.
Structural Regulation
Macao Tightens Insurance Intermediary Rules with new Ordinance
By Mark Johnston | 15/08/2025
The new law introduces higher licensing standards, stronger supervision through an “appointing principal” mechanism, and increased penalties to better protect insurance customers.
Supervision & Enforcement
NZ Govt Intervenes to Prevent FMA Litigation Funding Shortfall
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 14/08/2025
The move will enable the FMA to retain costs awarded to it by the courts. The regulator warned in June that its litigation funding was at risk of being fully depleted.
Clearing & Post-Trade
ISDA Urges India to Rethink Mandatory Clearing for GIFT City Derivatives
By Manesh Samtani | 14/08/2025
The industry body calls for bilateral clearing, broader issuer eligibility, and removal of strict hedging requirements.
Alternative Markets
Korea to Revise Accounting Rules to Boost Infrastructure, VC Investments
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 14/08/2025
Regulators have clarified rules for infrastructure funds to reduce earnings volatility and are reviewing guidelines for venture capital investments.
Structural Regulation
India Finalises 'Global Access Provider' Framework for GIFT IFSC
By Nithya Subramanian | 14/08/2025
The framework establishes a formal authorisation process for 'Global Access Providers' and introduces stricter capital, disclosure, and operational requirements.
Trading & Investment
Korea Sees First Issuance of KOFR-Linked Bond by Non-Bank FI
By Manesh Samtani | 14/08/2025
The KRW 200 billion issuance marks a key milestone in the country's regulatory push to establish KOFR as a primary benchmark.
Structural Regulation
India Audit Regulator Expands Scope of Quality Framework
By Editors | 14/08/2025
The expansion will bring auditors of large unlisted companies and other public interest entities under a mandatory quality scheme.
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