Structural Regulation

Trading & Investment

Korea to Tighten Rules on Selling High-Risk Financial Products

By Mark Johnston | 31/01/2025

Banks will only be allowed to sell products like equity-linked securities from special counters at certain designated branches.

Market Data & Technology

SEBI Launches Portal to Streamline Reporting of Technical Glitches

By Nithya Subramanian | 31/01/2025

iSPOT provides stock exchanges, clearing corporations and depositories with a centralised system to report technical disruptions

Conduct, Culture & Accountability

HKMA Will Monitor Banks’ Asset Management Activities

By Editors | 31/01/2025

HKMA called attention to an SFC circular which described the misconduct of asset managers as “egregious” and lacking in integrity

Structural Regulation

SEBI Introduces Evaluation Mechanism for Committees of MIIs

By Nithya Subramanian | 30/01/2025

External agencies must evaluate the performance of the statutory committees every three years, and MIIs must conduct internal assessments annually

Conduct, Culture & Accountability

UK FCA Won’t Ban Bankers from Using WhatsApp

By Nithya Subramanian | 30/01/2025

FCA Chief Executive Nikhil Rathi said the regulator will work with firms on a case-by-case basis rather than implement a blanket ban

Trading & Investment

CSRC to Promote Development of Index Investment Products

By Manesh Samtani | 30/01/2025

The CSRC will establish a fast-track registration mechanism for registering stock ETFs and expand cross-border ETF connectivity

Trading & Investment

China Grants Three Insurance Firms Approval for Stock Investments

By Manesh Samtani | 29/01/2025

The insurance firms received NFRA approval to participate in a pilot programme to invest CNY 52 billion in the stock market

Payments & Settlements

China UnionPay to Enable QR Payments Connectivity for Indonesia

By Editors | 29/01/2025

Indonesia is UnionPay’s fourth country-level cross-border QR payment project in the Southeast Asian market after Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos.

Structural Regulation

Philippine Sovereign Wealth Fund Set to Make First Investment

By Nithya Subramanian | 29/01/2025

The investment presents an opportunity for the government to gain greater influence over the nation’s critical power infrastructure, the President’s office said.