Reporting & Disclosures

Reporting & Disclosures

Thailand SEC Sets Out Three Year Strategic Plan for Capital Market

By Editors | 28/02/2020

The strategic plan includes greater integration of ESG factors in the market, enhancing SME and startup access to capital, promoting the use of digital and e-KYC technologies, among others.

Climate Risk

APRA to Develop Climate Risk Guidance, Assess ADI Vulnerability

By Editors | 25/02/2020

APRA will develop guidance on climate change financial risk, conduct a vulnerability assessment of ADIs, and include ESG in superannuation investment governance guidance.

Structural Regulation

SFC Highlights Key Regulatory Initiatives in Quarterly Report

By Editors | 25/02/2020

Among the initiatives were the launch of the new OFC regime for private fund managers, a regulatory framework for virtual assets, and enhancements to the investor compensation regime.

Sustainable Finance

ICMA Publishes Compendium of Global Sustainable Finance Initiatives

By Editors | 24/02/2020

Key international initiatives identified are the Equator Principles, the FSB TCFD Recommendations, the G20 Sustainable Finance Study Group, the NGFS, and the UN SDGs.

Sustainable Finance

China Likely To Push Asset Owners To Embrace ESG

By AsianInvestor | 21/02/2020

Beijing will likely require asset owners play a bigger role in ESG investing as part of broader sustainability plans when it announces its five-year plan later this year, according to KPMG.

Sustainable Finance

Hedge Funds Face High Expectations on ESG Adoption

By Editors | 11/02/2020

ESG and sustainability considerations have become a ‘must-have’ in the hedge fund industry, says a new report from KPMG, AIMA, CAIA and CREATE-Research.

Reporting & Disclosures

SGX, IPOS Launch Joint Initiative to Unlock Value from Intangible Assets

By Editors | 05/02/2020

Until end-2020, a pilot programme will help companies undergo an evaluation and audit process to assess their intangible assets as indicators of business value.

Structural Regulation

World Federation of Exchanges Sets Out 2020 Priorities

By Editors | 04/02/2020

In 2020, the WFE will focus its work on the role of exchanges in creating data, the role of CCPs in ensuring systemic safety, and ESG issues.

Reporting & Disclosures

TWSE Adds Climate Risk to Disclosure Rules for Listed Companies

By Editors | 20/01/2020

Listed companies are required to disclose information on their governance of climate-related risks and opportunities, and the actual and potential impacts of their activities on climate.