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Reporting on regulatory frameworks and rules governing market design, authorisation, and oversight of key financial market participants and infrastructures.
Trading & Investment
Tokyo Bourse Lists First Depositary Receipts by Asian Firm
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 01/07/2021
Singapore-based Omni-Plus System is only the second foreign company to list JDRs, after US chip design company Techpoint’s 2017 offering.
Structural Regulation
FMA Finds Improved Regulatory Arrangements at NZX
By Ranamita Chakraborty | 01/07/2021
The overall design of NZ RegCo is a notable improvement on prior arrangements, FMA said in an annual review of NZX.
Structural Regulation
HKMA Issues SPM on Supervision of Banks’ Insurance Business
By Editors | 01/07/2021
The HKMA’s enforcement standards with respect to insurance intermediary business of banks mirror those adopted by the IA.
Structural Regulation
New Licensing Rules Take Effect for FIs in China
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 30/06/2021
From 1 July, regulators will reissue new licences to banks and insurers, valid for one year, to allow for a transition and exchange period.
Structural Regulation
ASIC Product Intervention Order Upheld in Full Federal Court
By Editors | 30/06/2021
ASIC is entitled to consider not just the characteristics of a relevant financial product, but also the particular circumstances in which it is supplied, the Court said.
Conduct, Culture & Accountability
Australia Introduces Bill to Improve Financial Advice
By Editors | 30/06/2021
FASEA’s functions will transfer to the Treasury and ASIC. New disciplinary and registration systems for financial advisers will apply from January 2022.
Capital Adequacy
Japan’s Amended Banking Act to Have Limited Impact: Fitch
By Ranamita Chakraborty | 30/06/2021
The amendment is expected to contribute only marginally to addressing Japanese banks’ structural profitability challenges, Fitch Ratings says.
Structural Regulation
CSRC Approves DBS Stake in Shenzhen Rural Commercial Bank
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 30/06/2021
DBS will become the largest shareholder of Shenzhen Rural Commercial Bank, paving the way for its expansion in the GBA.
Structural Regulation
Singapore to Continue Electronic Dissemination of Offer Documents
By Editors | 29/06/2021
The extension of the temporary measure will allow rights issues and take-over or merger transactions to proceed within prevailing safe management measures.
Structural Regulation
Philippine SEC Threatens Online Lenders with Licence Revocation
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 29/06/2021
The threat is aimed at lending and financing companies that have failed to register and disclose their online lending platforms.
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