Structural Regulation

Trading & Investment

FSC Korea Moves to Support Corporate, Fintech Funding Needs

By Editors | 10/04/2020

Korea’s bond market stabilisation fund has begun operating. Additional support will come through a new bond underwriting programme, P-CBOs, and direct investment into fintechs.

Trading & Investment

SGX Marks First Listing of Dual Class Shares in Digital Ceremony

By Editors | 10/04/2020

AMTD International’s listing ceremony was SGX’s first to be conducted digitally with a live global broadcast. It was also the first SGX listing of a NYSE company.

Structural Regulation

IOSCO Redirects Work Programme to Focus on Covid-19 Impacts

By Editors | 09/04/2020

IOSCO resources will be redeployed to focus on matters directly impacted by Covid-19, including to examine market-based finance, investment funds and central clearing.

Structural Regulation

MAS Extends Assessment Period for Digital Bank Decisions

By Editors | 09/04/2020

Successful digital bank applicants will be informed in the second half of this year, instead of June 2020 as originally intended.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability

S. Korea: Covid-19 Loans Exempted From Misconduct Sanctions

By Editors | 09/04/2020

Financial services workers delivering emergency support funds to businesses in need will be exempt from misconduct sanctions.

Trading & Investment

RBI to Open Up Rupee Derivatives for Hedging from 1 June

By Editors | 09/04/2020

Authorised dealers and can allow users to trade rupee derivatives up to USD 10 million notional value outstanding without the need to establish the existence of underlying exposures.

Structural Regulation

Indonesia Has Adopted Measures to Implement PFMI: CPMI-IOSCO

By Editors | 09/04/2020

Since the 2019 update, Indonesia and Saudi Arabia have finished adopting measures that will enable them to implement the PFMIs for all financial market infrastructure types.

Structural Regulation

SGX RegCo Suspends Issuer Watch List, Raises Share Issue Limits

By Editors | 08/04/2020

The measures will help SGX issuers to focus on meeting current business and economic challenges and accelerate fund-raising efforts to address liquidity issues.

Structural Regulation

APRA Suspends Issuance of New Licenses

By Editors | 08/04/2020

Given the challenges new entrants face even under normal economic conditions, APRA does not consider it prudent to license new entities for at least the next six months.