Structural Regulation

    Reporting on regulatory frameworks and rules governing market design, authorisation, and oversight of key financial market participants and infrastructures.

    Conduct, Culture & Accountability

    ASIC Consults on Barriers to Good Quality Affordable Personal Advice

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 18/11/2020

    ASIC is looking to better understand the barriers to providing good quality and affordable advice and help the industry provide such advice more broadly.

    Conduct, Culture & Accountability

    FMA Proposes New Guidance on Financial Product Advertising

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 18/11/2020

    The guidance sets out the FMA’s expectations of what good conduct in the advertising of offers of financial products looks like.

    Structural Regulation

    Thailand to Stop Issuing THBFIX Loans, Debt from July 2021

    By Editors | 17/11/2020

    All financial institutions will stop offering new loans and debt securities which reference THBFIX from 1 July 2021, Bank of Thailand says.

    Market Data & Technology

    ASIC Flags Concerns Over Further Infrastructure Issues at ASX

    By Editors | 17/11/2020

    Following a near-full day market closure, data issues prevented ASX from displaying Chi-X bids and offers on its Centre Point matching system.

    Structural Regulation

    SFC Plans to Issue Code of Conduct for Investment Banks – Report

    By Editors | 16/11/2020

    The SFC is reportedly seeking to frame a detailed code of conduct for capital raisings that will cover how investment banks calculate their fees.

    Trading & Investment

    Hong Kong MPFA Adds SSE, SZSE, IDX to Approved List

    By Editors | 16/11/2020

    The move provides MPF fund managers greater flexibility, allowing them to diversify investment risks and channel more assets into A shares.

    Trading & Investment

    ASX Suffers Near Full Day Outage Due to ‘Software Issue’

    By Editors | 16/11/2020

    ASIC said it was focused on ensuring that market integrity is not compromised and that it would monitor for any impacts resulting from Monday’s failure.

    Structural Regulation

    SEC Thailand to Cut Redundant Regulations, Red Tape by 2022

    By Editors | 15/11/2020

    The ‘regulatory guillotine’ project will reduce documentary requirements by almost 2 million sheets per year and processing time by about 102,000 hours per year.

    Structural Regulation

    CSRC Pledges to Improve Listed Company Governance, Supervision

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 15/11/2020

    A targeted campaign will be launched to improve supervisory oversight in the capital market and enhance corporate governance in listed companies.

    PEPs & Sanctions

    US Investors Barred from Buying Stocks Linked to Chinese Military

    By Manesh Samtani | 15/11/2020

    Index providers will likely be forced to remove companies like China Mobile and China Telecom from key benchmarks by 11 January.

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