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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
S. Korea Advances OTC Derivatives Reforms
By Editors | 02/07/2020
Cabinet-approved legislative revisions will introduce an OTC derivatives reporting requirement, a licensing system for trade repositories, and penalties for circumventing margin rules.
Conduct, Culture & Accountability
SocGen Australia Pleads Guilty to Client Money Offences
By Editors | 02/07/2020
SocGen failed to pay client money into segregated authorised bank accounts and made payments out of a client money account that were not permitted.
Trading & Investment
PBOC Finalises Rules on ‘Standardised Note’ Issuance
By Editors | 02/07/2020
Standardised notes will be considered money market instruments, backed by commercial paper which generates cash flows for distribution to investors.
Structural Regulation
India Standardises Stamp Duty on Securities Transactions Nationwide
By Editors | 02/07/2020
India has revised its framework for levying the stamp duty on securities transactions, in a bid to ensure uniformity across the country.
Trading & Investment
SGX to Launch New Taiwan Index Futures Contract
By Editors | 01/07/2020
The launch will help meet the rising demand of US and European investors for access and investment exposure to Taiwan, said SGX Head of Equities Michael Syn.
Structural Regulation
Philippine SEC Seeks Independent Board at Stock Exchange
By Editors | 01/07/2020
The Philippine Stock Exchange currently has three independent directors on its 15-seat board. Under the proposed rules, a majority of the directors will have to be independent.
Structural Regulation
FSB Issues Statement on Global Benchmark Transition
By Editors | 01/07/2020
The FSB maintains its view that financial and non-financial sector firms across all jurisdictions should continue efforts to remove remaining LIBOR dependencies by end-2021.
Structural Regulation
Wave of Fund Managers Looking to Set Up Singapore VCCs
By Editors | 01/07/2020
Up to 70 VCCs have already been launched in Singapore, many by small and boutique funds or local family offices. But a much larger wave of companies is on its way.
Data Privacy
India Bans Chinese Apps, Citing Data Privacy Issues
By Editors | 30/06/2020
India has banned 59 of China’s biggest mobile phone apps including TikTok and WeChat, saying they breach data privacy requirements and threaten the country’s security.
PEPs & Sanctions
National Security Legislation Promulgates in Hong Kong
By Editors | 30/06/2020
A legislative notice has been posted in the Hong Kong gazette, saying the national law applies in the city as part of the Basic Law from 11pm on 30 June 2020.
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