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Reporting on regulatory frameworks and rules governing market design, authorisation, and oversight of key financial market participants and infrastructures.
Clearing & Post-Trade
IHS Markit Wins Best Solution in Trade Reporting
By Editors | 15/12/2020
IHS Markit helps firms meet global trade reporting requirements, while also supporting LIBOR transition and providing access to accurate and timely corporate actions data.
Market Data & Technology
Bloomberg Wins Regulation Asia’s Best Solution in LIBOR Transition Management
By Editors | 15/12/2020
Bloomberg delivers a comprehensive suite of solutions to support IBOR transition, including scenario analysis to determine the impact of the transition on portfolios.
Clearing & Post-Trade
ISDA Awarded Outstanding Project for Benchmark Reform Work
By Editors | 15/12/2020
ISDA was recognised for its work to implement robust contractual fallbacks for derivatives referencing key IBORs as well as pre-cessation fallbacks for LIBOR over the past two years.
Structural Regulation
Hong Kong Audit Regulator Gains Access to Chinese Audit Papers
By Editors | 15/12/2020
“This is a landmark moment for cross-border cooperation in the investigation of auditing irregularities,” said Financial Reporting Council chairman Kelvin Wong.
Structural Regulation
StanChart Permitted to Establish Digital Bank in Singapore
By Editors | 14/12/2020
StanChart was named Singapore’s first Significantly Rooted Foreign Bank in August. New privileges allow it to secure an additional full bank licence to establish a digital banking subsidiary.
Trading & Investment
Bursa Malaysia, Shenzhen Bourse Cross-Promote Indices
By Editors | 14/12/2020
Bursa and the SZSE will each display three key indices from each other’s market, as part of efforts to increase visibility and create opportunities for cross-border investment.
Conduct, Culture & Accountability
ASIC Warns Against Noncompliance with Conflicted Remuneration Ban
By Editors | 14/12/2020
ASIC issued updates to RG 246 that would reflect the end grandfathering of conflicted remuneration for financial product advice from 1 January 2021.
Structural Regulation
Australia to Further Streamline Financial Advice Regulations
By Editors | 14/12/2020
Streamlining the number of bodies involved in financial adviser oversight will reduce complexity and add value for retail investors, said SAFAA CEO Judith Fox.
Conduct, Culture & Accountability
ASIC Provides Guidance on Product Design and Distribution Obligations
By Editors | 14/12/2020
The new regulatory guide addresses demand from industry for ASIC guidance as it prepares for the obligations to take effect on 5 October 2021.
Structural Regulation
NZ RegCo Launches as NZX’s Listed Markets Regulator
By Editors | 13/12/2020
The now stand-alone, independently-governed agency will perform all of NZX’s frontline regulatory functions, with its Board providing support.
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