Structural Regulation

Payments & Settlements

China Liberalises Cross-border Capital Flows for Multinational Firms

By Editors | 20/03/2019

The new regulations simplify the registration process for multinational firms borrowing from and lending overseas to make it easier for them to manage cross-border capital flows.

Trading & Investment

NSE-SGX Final Arbitration Decision Deferred to December 2020

By Editors | 20/03/2019

The deferment means Singapore Exchange will be able to continue offering SGX Nifty products until a long term solution is agreed.

Structural Regulation

Vietnam Ups Pressure on Banks to List Before 2020

By Editors | 19/03/2019

Vietnam’s prime minister has approved a scheme that will force banks to list on a stock exchange by 2020. Banks are currently reluctant to go public due to poor market conditions.

Structural Regulation

Brunei Earmarks $300mn for Proposed Stock Exchange

By Editors | 19/03/2019

Brunei’s government has agreed on a budget of more than $300mn to establish the country’s first stock exchange in the next few years.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability

Australia Consults on Making Industry Codes Legally Enforceable

By Editors | 19/03/2019

The Treasury is proposing legislative amendments to make industry codes of conduct legally enforceable, where contraventions will constitute a breach of the law.

Trading & Investment

MAS Publishes Finalised Mandatory Trading Regulations for Derivatives

By Kai Loon Loh | 19/03/2019

Kai Loon Loh and Patrick Phua at global law firm Ashurst sum up the key takeaways from the MAS response to consultative feedback and the now-finalised mandatory trading regulations.

Structural Regulation

Tokyo Bourse to Cut a Third of Companies from First Section

By Editors | 18/03/2019

The Tokyo Stock Exchange plans to raise the minimum market cap for companies to maintain a listing on its First Section and require English language quarterly earnings disclosures.

Structural Regulation

CPMI-IOSCO Report Progress in PFMI Implementation

By Editors | 15/03/2019

23 of 28 jurisdictions that participate in the CPMI-IOSCO implementation monitoring programme have adopted measures for all financial market infrastructure types, compared to 21 last July.

Structural Regulation

FIA Warns of Market Fragmentation in Global Derivatives Markets

By Garima Chitkara | 14/03/2019

Inconsistent and duplicative regulatory frameworks have led to fragmentation in global and regional derivatives markets, according to a white paper by the FIA.