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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
Myanmar to Open Applications for Foreign Bank Licensing
By Editors | 09/11/2019
Branch licences will allow wholesale banking activities, while subsidiary licences will permit retail banking services in addition to wholesale banking.
Trading & Investment
CSRC Plans Additional Reforms to Ease Access to STAR Market
By Editors | 07/11/2019
The reforms include the removal of first day trading limits and faster processing of applications from companies seeking a listing.
Trading & Investment
China, Hong Kong to Establish Wealth Management Connect Scheme
By Editors | 07/11/2019
The scheme will enable residents of Hong Kong and other GBA cities to invest in wealth management products in each other’s market through their respective banking systems.
Clearing & Post-Trade
CHESS Replacement Project Creates Unfair Advantage: Chi-X Australia
By Editors | 05/11/2019
Chi-X Australia depends entirely on ASX for clearing services, and is concerned that the larger bourse could use the CHESS replacement project to gain further competitive advantages.
Trading & Investment
TWSE Mulls New Measures to Boost Liquidity in Inactive Stocks
By Editors | 05/11/2019
Under a proposed new system, brokerage firms would perform the role of market makers for a guaranteed number of stocks, effectively making low-liquidity stocks easier to trade.
Structural Regulation
Singapore Banking Amendment Bill Introduced in Parliament
By Editors | 05/11/2019
The bill will remove the DBU-ACU divide, expand the grounds for which MAS can revoke bank licences, and empower MAS to regulate outsourcing arrangements.
Structural Regulation
S. Korea Establishes Legal Basis for P2P Lending Businesses
By Editors | 05/11/2019
Korea has passed new legislation establishing a legal basis for the operation of P2P lending businesses and the regulatory oversight role of the FSC and FSS.
Credit Risk
SEBI Mandates Immediate Disclosure of NPA Divergences
By Editors | 04/11/2019
SEBI has directed listed banks to disclose any divergences in bad loan provisioning immediately, rather than waiting to publish the information in their annual financial statements.
Structural Regulation
S. Korea Passes Benchmark Legislation, Seeks BMR Equivalence
By Editors | 04/11/2019
The new legislation will strengthen the management and supervision of financial benchmarks and their administrators, the FSC said.
Structural Regulation
Korea Passes Legislation to Enable Asia Region Funds Passport
By Editors | 04/11/2019
The legislative revision to implement the ARFP in Korea will take effect after six months, and will allow Korean funds to be eligible for offer in other member economies.
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