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Structural Regulation
Reporting on regulatory frameworks and rules governing market design, authorisation, and oversight of key financial market participants and infrastructures.
Trading & Investment
Taiwan Amends Rules to Attract Foreign Asset Management Talent
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 30/12/2025
The FSC adds asset management, including family offices, to its Employment Gold Card programme to support its ambition to become a regional hub.
Structural Regulation
Indonesia Set to Completely Phase Out JIBOR on 1 January
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 30/12/2025
Bank Indonesia will retire the JIBOR benchmark on 1 January, completing a multi-year shift to a transaction-based rate.
Structural Regulation
Korea Finalises Stricter Treasury Stock Disclosure Rules
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 30/12/2025
New rules effective 30 December lower the reporting threshold and mandate comparison of planned versus actual share buybacks.
Conduct, Culture & Accountability
Enhanced Safeguards for Retail Investors Take Effect in Singapore
By Manesh Samtani | 30/12/2025
New measures mandate pre-transaction checks, audio-recorded call-backs, and introduce the role of a 'Trusted Individual' for vulnerable clients.
Custody & Infrastructure
Taiwan Proposes Allowing Securities Firms as Custodians for Managed Futures
By Editors | 30/12/2025
The move aims to increase choice and promote business development in a custody market currently served only by banks.
Payments & Settlements
Hong Kong Expands Yuan Liquidity Facility, Adds Mideast and ASEAN Banks
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 30/12/2025
The HKMA has doubled its yuan liquidity scheme quota to CNY100 billion and expanded the scheme to 40 lenders to meet surging corporate demand.
Conduct, Culture & Accountability
Korea FSS Launches Task Force to Reform Financial Group Governance
By Editors | 29/12/2025
The move follows presidential criticism of CEO succession practices, sparking industry concerns over a return to government-controlled finance
Trading & Investment
Korea to Mandate ETF Fee and Return Disclosures on Pension Portal
By Editors | 29/12/2025
FSS to add ETF data to its Integrated Pension Portal and improve comparison tools for loans and insurance products
Alternative Markets
China Launches State VC Fund with New Rules for Tech Investment
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 29/12/2025
The national fund will deploy patient capital into early-stage hard tech, with new rules on investment size and performance evaluation.
Structural Regulation
China Ties Guarantee Firm Incentives to New SME Employment Metric
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 29/12/2025
New rules link re-guarantee credit and fee discounts for financing guarantee firms to a quantifiable employment support index.
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