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Reporting on regulatory frameworks and rules governing market design, authorisation, and oversight of key financial market participants and infrastructures.
Structural Regulation
China to Inject $62 Billion into Policy Banks to Back Silk Road Project
By Editors | 22/04/2015
China’s ambitious “New Silk Road” plan that will build infrastructure links to foreign markets has moved a step closer to reality as Beijing will draw from its foreign exchange reserves to inject $62 billion of capital into policy banks to fund the project.
Structural Regulation
China’s Foreign Investment Regulations Undergo Revolutionary Changes
By Peter Guy | 21/04/2015
Examining the significance and outcome of proposed amendments to China’s Foreign Investment Law.
Structural Regulation
Chinese Cities Halt Internet Finance Approvals
By Samuel Riding | 20/04/2015
Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen won’t approve tech firms with names suggesting they provide financial services.
Structural Regulation
IMF Deliberation on RMB’s Reserve Currency Status Ongoing, Says Official
By Editors | 20/04/2015
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is making a full evaluation of the international uses of the renminbi and its share in global investment and trade as part of the agency’s ongoing special drawing right (SDR) review, said an IMF official.
Trading & Investment
China Moves to Curb Margin Trading
By Editors | 17/04/2015
China’s securities regulator has tightened rules on margin lending and promoted the use of short-selling in an apparent effort to take some heat off a soaring market.
Conduct, Culture & Accountability
Regulators Take a Hard Look at the Asset Management Industry
By Peter Guy | 16/04/2015
Asset managers are voicing concern over poorly conceived proposals. Future regulations could bring severe changes to the concept of investment management.
Structural Regulation
S. Korea, Austria, Spain New Founding Members of China-led Infrastructure Bank
By Editors | 13/04/2015
Austria, Spain and South Korea have been recognized as founding members of the China-led Asia Infrastructure and Investment Bank (AIIB), the Chinese Finance Ministry said.
Structural Regulation
Foreign Banks to Open Branches in Myanmar
By Editors | 10/04/2015
Two Japanese and one Singaporean bank will become the first foreign banks to operate in Myanmar in over 50 years, after receiving final regulatory approval from the central bank.
Trading & Investment
HKEx Likely to Raise Trading Cap for Stock Connect
By Editors | 10/04/2015
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd (HKEx) plans to expand quotas for the cross-border stock program between Hong Kong and Shanghai, its top executive said.
Structural Regulation
Implications of China’s Looming Market Evolution
By Editors | 10/04/2015
Implications of market structure changes for surveillance and risk management professionals.
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