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Reporting on regulatory frameworks and rules governing market design, authorisation, and oversight of key financial market participants and infrastructures.
Structural Regulation
KRX to Ease Listing Requirements for Startups
By Editors | 24/01/2020
An existing fast-track process for promising startups to list on the KOSDAQ market will be extended to the main KRX bourse in 2020.
Structural Regulation
FSC Korea Eases Five Percent Rule in Support of Shareholder Rights
By Editors | 23/01/2020
Reporting requirements are being eased for investors seeking to exercise shareholder rights in relation to corporate governance, executive pay and dividend policy.
Structural Regulation
S. Korea to Implement Asia Region Funds Passport on 27 May
By Editors | 22/01/2020
To register passport funds that can be offered in overseas markets, fund managers in Korea must have at least $500mn under management and meet a $1mn minimum capital requirement.
Trading & Investment
RBI Permits Gift City Trading of Rupee Derivatives
By Editors | 21/01/2020
The move will help address demands from overseas participants for the availability of better tools to hedge India exposures.
Structural Regulation
Vietnam to Tighten Bond Issuance Rules Amid Overheating Market
By Editors | 21/01/2020
The draft rules require that separate bond issuances be at least six months apart, and that issuers limit their issuances to three times capital.
Structural Regulation
SET Unveils Three Pillar Growth Strategy for 2020
By Editors | 21/01/2020
The SET will look to set up trading links with Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam this year, expecting much of its growth to be driven by offshore-related investment products and IPOs.
Trading & Investment
Philippine Regulators Ease REITs Rules with New Framework
By Editors | 21/01/2020
The new rules remove stringent tax and minimum public ownership requirements under a 2009 law that prevented the rise of REITs in the Philippine capital market.
Structural Regulation
SEBI Mandates Additional Disclosures for Debt Securities
By Editors | 21/01/2020
Under the new format, listed companies need to disclose deviations in the use of debt issuance proceeds from the objects stated in their offer documents.
Structural Regulation
Myanmar to Issue New Licences to Foreign Banks
By Editors | 20/01/2020
Foreign banks that have had a representative office in Myanmar for at least three years can apply for a branch licence or a subsidiary licence.
Conduct, Culture & Accountability
SEBI Proposes Stricter Rules for Investment Advisers
By Editors | 20/01/2020
The rules include higher net worth requirements, caps on advice fees, and client level segregation of investment advice from product distribution.
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