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Reporting on regulatory frameworks and rules governing market design, authorisation, and oversight of key financial market participants and infrastructures.
Payments & Settlements
PBOC Halts Non-bank Payment Agency Approvals
By Samuel Riding | 15/08/2016
Central bank says business licenses of 27 existing firms will be extended.
Trading & Investment
CSRC Forms Task Group for SZ-HK Stock Connect
By Editors | 12/08/2016
SZ-HK connect will give foreign investors direct access to CSI 500 stocks.
Trading & Investment
SEBI Expands HFC Bonds Quotas
By Editors | 12/08/2016
Mutual funds allowed to buy additional 5% of housing company bonds.
Structural Regulation
Cambodia Regulator Touts Derivatives Rules
By Editors | 11/08/2016
Unlicensed firms to be punished if they do not apply for a license.
KYC & CDD
India’s New Central KYC System Frustrates SEBI
By Editors | 11/08/2016
Government bodies creating duplicating, unsynchronised systems.
Alternative Markets
SEBI Asks RBI, Government to Ease AIF Rules
By Editors | 10/08/2016
Taxation and safe harbour key concerns for SEBI.
Structural Regulation
HKMA’s Executive Director Retires
By Editors | 08/08/2016
Esmond Lee retires effective 7 August.
Structural Regulation
IOSCO Study Refutes Reform Affects Market Decline
By Editors | 08/08/2016
Super-regulator says dealers have changed, denies link with regulation.
Structural Regulation
Indonesia, Malaysia Approve Equal Banking Access
By Editors | 04/08/2016
Agreement to reduce “inequality of access” in the two markets.
Structural Regulation
Korean Investment Banks Given Boost in IPO Chase
By Editors | 04/08/2016
FSC’s new regulation will allow Korean brokerages to pursue more IPOs.
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