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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 Allows Foreign Banks to Set Up Local Subsidiaries
By Editors | 25/05/2019
Foreign banks will be able to enter the retail banking space and operate as local banks by setting up subsidiaries, rather than just branches.
Trading & Investment
India INX Allows Direct Trading on LME, ICE, Eurex, Euronext
By Editors | 24/05/2019
The first trade on the LME from India INX took place on 21 May, in copper.
Trading & Investment
China to Open Bond Futures Market to Domestic Banks
By Editors | 24/05/2019
Opening up bond futures trading to banks will improve volumes, liquidity, hedging tools, and price discovery across the broader bond market.
Structural Regulation
FSC Korea Mulls Relaxation of Five Percent Rule
By Editors | 23/05/2019
Investors who own 5% or more of a listed company must disclose any ownership change within 5 days, a requirement that has prevented some institutional investors from exercising their voting rights.
Trading & Investment
New Directive for Indian AMCs a Boost for Offshore Fund Flows
By Editors | 23/05/2019
Indian asset management companies serving offshore funds as advisers will now be entitled to tax benefits which will enable them to take up direct fund management of offshore funds.
Cloud & Infrastructure
ISDA CDM Deployed in UK Digital Regulatory Reporting Pilot
By Manesh Samtani | 23/05/2019
The UK initiative is exploring the use of technology to help firms meet their regulatory reporting requirements and improve the quality of information reported.
Trading & Investment
SEBI Permits Mutual Funds to Trade Commodity Derivatives
By Editors | 23/05/2019
Mutual funds will be allowed to trade exchange-traded commodity derivatives, but cannot invest in physical goods, except through gold ETFs.
Capital Adequacy
Bangladesh Eases Banks’ Stock Exposure Rules to Free Up Capital
By Editors | 22/05/2019
In a bid to boost banking system liquidity, the central bank has excluded investments in non-listed securities from banks’ capital market exposure calculations.
Structural Regulation
MAS Proposes Consolidated Regulation, Licensing for Merchant Banks
By Editors | 22/05/2019
MAS is consulting on proposals to consolidate regulation of merchant banks under the Banking Act, and to move them to a licensing regime.
Structural Regulation
SEBI Publishes Capital Markets Sandbox Framework
By Editors | 22/05/2019
SEBI’s sandbox framework for capital markets innovation comes just weeks after the RBI released its own sandbox framework for banking and payment services.
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