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Reporting on regulatory frameworks and rules governing market design, authorisation, and oversight of key financial market participants and infrastructures.
Trading & Investment
S. Korea FSC Chair Renews Call to End Stock Transaction Tax
By Editors | 08/03/2019
Lawmakers want the securities transaction tax abolished. The government want a more gradual approach. FSC chairman Choi Jong-ku welcomes either discussion.
Trading & Investment
China Allows IMF Access to Domestic Markets Through RQFII
By Editors | 08/03/2019
The CSRC said it made the decision after receiving an application from the IMF, whose RQFII investment quota has not yet been revealed.
Emerging Prudential Risks
S. Korea FSC Unveils 2019 Financial Policy Roadmap
By Editors | 08/03/2019
Highlights will include measures to accelerate financial innovation, approve online-only banks, launch a regulatory sandbox, and strengthen consumer and investor protection.
Structural Regulation
Japan FSA Official Lays Out G20 Financial Sector Agenda
By Editors | 07/03/2019
Under Japan’s Presidency this year, the G20 financial sector agenda will centre on addressing market fragmentation, technological innovation and the problems of aging societies.
Structural Regulation
LIBOR Transition Requires Efforts now, Despite BMR Grace Period
By Matthieu Sachot | 07/03/2019
Regardless of the BMR compliance extension, it is important that LIBOR transition programmes continue to progress quickly, says Matthieu Sachot at Chappuis Halder & Co.
Structural Regulation
Japan Mulls Measures to Enable Consolidation of Ailing Banks
By Editors | 07/03/2019
Japan’s government plans to introduce legislation that will provide exemptions from its anti-monopoly law to allow regional banks to consolidate more easily.
Conduct, Culture & Accountability
PBOC to Unify Financial Consumer Protection Under Single Agency
By Editors | 07/03/2019
Under the current mechanism, financial consumer rights protection is handling by various regulatory bodies, which lack coordination and where standards are not uniform.
Structural Regulation
BSP Eyes Oversight Extension to Cover Banking Conglomerates
By Editors | 07/03/2019
The BSP gained sweeping new powers last month, but it did not gain the oversight authority over conglomerates that own or control Philippine banks.
Structural Regulation
HKMA Asks Hong Kong Banks to Prepare for Benchmark Reform
By Editors | 06/03/2019
The HKMA says the transition to alternative reference rates will have significant implications for authorised institutions’ businesses, risk management and operational processes.
Emerging Prudential Risks
Are We Ready for the Next Financial Crisis?
By Adrien Vanderlinden | 05/03/2019
DTCC’s Adrien Vanderlinden explores the biggest threats to financial stability 10 years after the financial crisis, and how Asia is responding to potential cyber-threats.
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