Other Asia Pacific

    Enforcement

    Thailand Implements New Market Misconduct Penalty Scheme for Banks

    By Editors | 20/01/2018

    New market conduct rules to be implemented over next few weeks; Violators can be barred from operating or fined up to 1mn baht per day.

    Vietnamese Banks Warned Against High-Risk Lending

    By Editors | 19/01/2018

    Central bank warning comes as prime minister asks for increased inspection and supervision over banks.

    Market Infrastructure

    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.

    AML / KYC

    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.

    Big Picture

    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.

    AML / KYC

    Registration with Financial Information System Compulsory – Indonesia Regulator

    By Editors | 11/01/2018

    Move will require all financial services firms operating in the country to provide customers identification and tax details to the regulator by 2022.

    Securities / Derivatives

    Thailand Allows Securities Firms to Offer Bitcoin Futures Locally

    By Manesh Samtani | 11/01/2018

    The SEC says fraud and money laundering not points of concern as CBOE and CME markets are properly supervised.

    Securities / Derivatives

    Higher Stock Transaction Tax to Impact Trading Volume: PSE

    By Garima Chitkara | 05/01/2018

    Stock transaction tax increased 20% from 1 January 2018; change in timeline took exchange by surprise.

    Market Infrastructure

    Indonesia to Establish Derivatives CCP

    By Editors | 03/01/2018

    Centralising counterparty risk at a clearinghouse will make derivative products offered by Indonesian financial institutions more competitive.

    Capital / Liquidity

    OJK Takes Over Credit Information Management from BI

    By Garima Chitkara | 02/01/2018

    Indonesian financial regulator will take over arranging, developing and managing credit information systems from central bank.

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