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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
ASIFMA Standardises Underwriter Documentation for Hong Kong IPOs
By Manesh Samtani | 24/06/2019
The initiative will promote efficiency and reduce costs and legal risks by offering standardised forms for agreements among underwriters and between underwriting syndicates.
Trading & Investment
Hong Kong SFC Releases 2018-19 Annual Report
By Editors | 24/06/2019
The SFC is working to introduce an investor identification regime for southbound Stock Connect trading in mid-2019, and considering adopting a market-wide circuit breaker mechanism.
Payments & Settlements
Mirae Asset Daewoo to Launch Payments Business
By Editors | 21/06/2019
The FSC lifted restrictions barring brokerage firms from entering the payments business last December. WeChat Pay will be used in Mirae Asset Daewoo’s new payment gateway.
Trading & Investment
SEBI Tightens Rules on Handling of Client Securities
By Editors | 21/06/2019
SEBI has issued new rules governing the management and disposal of client securities held by trading and clearing members.
Payments & Settlements
Cambodia Selects Three Banks to Pilot QR Code System
By Editors | 21/06/2019
The QR code system developed by Siam Commercial Bank will enable cross border payments between Cambodia and Thailand using local currencies.
Structural Regulation
Malaysia to Loosen Regulatory Reins in Capital Markets
By Editors | 21/06/2019
As market discipline strengthens, the Securities Commission and Bursa Malaysia will “proportionately scale down the intensity of regulatory discipline”.
Cloud & Infrastructure
Singapore Banks Well-Equipped Against Fintech Threat: Moody’s
By Garima Chitkara | 20/06/2019
Singapore’s three largest banks are well placed to ward off threats to their market share by fintech firms, even as friendly regulatory policies encourage greater growth in the sector.
Conduct, Culture & Accountability
SFC Fines Credit Suisse $2.8m over Research Reports
By Editors | 20/06/2019
Credit Suisse has been fined $2.8m for failing to disclose investment banking relationships and market making activities in research reports on Hong Kong-listed securities.
Trading & Investment
Vietnam Government Bond Futures Set for 4 July Launch
By Editors | 20/06/2019
Government bond futures will be the second derivatives market product launched by the Hanoi Stock Exchange since it started index futures in August 2017.
Structural Regulation
FSC, FSS Agree to Audit KRX, Disagree on Scope
By Editors | 20/06/2019
The FSS and FSC have agreed to conduct an audit of KRX by year end, though they disagree on its possible scope and comprehensiveness.
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