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Reporting on regulatory frameworks and rules governing market design, authorisation, and oversight of key financial market participants and infrastructures.
Cloud & Infrastructure
BNM Unveils Five Year Blueprint to Develop Financial Sector
By Manesh Samtani | 25/01/2022
The blueprint contains plans to advance financial sector digitalisation, develop an open data ecosystem, and improve efficiency in cross-border payments.
Cloud & Infrastructure
ASIC to Enhance Corporate Disclosures Through Regtech
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 24/01/2022
Five regtechs are tasked with conducting a feasibility study to help ASIC analyse corporate disclosures and assess compliance by listed companies.
Structural Regulation
SGX Lists First Two SPACs Under New Framework
By Editors | 24/01/2022
Vertex Technology Acquisition Corp and Pegasus Asia listed last week. A third SPAC, filed by Novo Tellus Alpha Acquisition, will debut on Thursday.
Structural Regulation
RBI Allows More NBFCs to Undertake Factoring Business
By Editors | 23/01/2022
The change will increase the number of NBFCs eligible to undertake factoring business from 7 to 182.
Structural Regulation
ASIC Proposes Revisions For ETP Naming Conventions
By Editors | 23/01/2022
ASIC proposes to revise the ETP naming conventions by dividing them into two levels of labelling: primary labels and secondary labels.
Cloud & Infrastructure
Korea FSS Vows to Increase Support for Fintech Industry
By Editors | 23/01/2022
The FSS will push for the enactment of a so-called “Fintech Nurturing Act”, which will ease restrictions on investment in fintech firms by financial companies.
Structural Regulation
Ant Group Faces Continued Regulatory Pressure
By Darien Choong | 23/01/2022
Regulators asked Ant Group to remove a new fund investment advisory service just a week after its official launch.
Structural Regulation
RBNZ, FMA Releases Finalised Framework for FMIs
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 21/01/2022
Changes from the consultation relate to the treatment of critical service providers and introduce discretion regarding the publication of material breaches.
Credit Risk
New Zealand to Probe Lenders on Application of New Lending Rules
By Mark Johnston | 20/01/2022
The government has asked the Council of Financial Regulators to bring forward an investigation into whether lenders are implementing the new lending rules as intended.
Trading & Investment
Shanghai INE Opens Applications for New Market Makers
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 20/01/2022
Shanghai INE says new market makers must have net assets of no less than CNY 50 million or its equivalent in foreign currency.
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