Structural Regulation

    Reporting on regulatory frameworks and rules governing market design, authorisation, and oversight of key financial market participants and infrastructures.

    Structural Regulation

    LEIs: Asia Following the Rest of the World

    By Tony Freeman | 18/01/2018

    Firms in the region either embrace, endure or avoid MiFID II’s LEI requirement, but must accept that it’s not just regulations from the US which now have a profound extraterritorial impact.

    Structural Regulation

    Philippines Will Now Report Cross Border Banking Stats to BIS

    By Editors | 17/01/2018

    BSP has begun reporting international banking statistics from January 2018, having met BIS standards for completeness and quality.

    Structural Regulation

    Korea Announces Measures to Reform Kosdaq Market to Support Startups

    By Garima Chitkara | 15/01/2018

    Measures include overhauling Kosdaq listing requirements, strengthening competitiveness, and improving market soundness and investor trust.

    Structural Regulation

    Australia Licences Seven Crowd-Funding Intermediaries

    By Editors | 14/01/2018

    Eligible public companies can raise up to AUD 5 million in funds through equity crowdfunding and will face fewer regulatory requirements for fundraising.

    Structural Regulation

    Beware Regulatory Fragmentation in 2018 – Deloitte

    By Samuel Riding | 11/01/2018

    Trend towards more isolated policymaking will challenge the implementation of financial regulations on a worldwide basis.

    Trading & Investment

    ESMA Publishes List of Derivatives Subject to MiFID II Trading Rules

    By Samuel Riding | 11/01/2018

    Listed securities must be traded on regulated markets or organised trading facilities; no APAC venues yet to be granted equivalency.

    Trading & Investment

    Korea’s Reduction in Foreign Shareholder Capital Gains Tax Threshold Arouses Concern

    By Garima Chitkara | 10/01/2018

    Government to cut threshold from 25% to 5%, ASIFMA says reduction will challenge securities firms, produce no tax revenue.

    Trading & Investment

    HKEx Considering New Rules to Boost Trading Volumes

    By Garima Chitkara | 10/01/2018

    HK exchange looking to establish new trading rules, including rebates, simplified collateral regulations and removal of 10bp stamp duty charge.

    Trading & Investment

    MiFID II – Just the Start of a Perfect Storm for Research

    By Peter Guy | 08/01/2018

    The unbundling of research costs will not only create more transparency but usher in a collapse and change in banking research.

    Payments & Settlements

    Banks Must Ensure Foreigners’ RMB Investment Returns Can Be ‘Freely Remitted’ – PBOC

    By Samuel Riding | 08/01/2018

    PBOC confirms overseas investors can use RMB funds to participate in China’s emissions trading market; send RMB profits, dividends back home.

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