Other Asia Pacific

Securities / Derivatives

Vietnam Working to Boost Foreign Participation in Stock Market

By Editors | 04/04/2024

The SCC is looking to eliminate the pre-trade 100% margin requirement for foreign investors, expand foreign ownership limits, and mandate English disclosures.

Vietnam Brokerage Resumes Trading Following Week Long Outage

By Editors | 02/04/2024

Vietnam’s third-largest securities broker was disconnected from the market for six days due to a cyber attack by international hackers.

Securities / Derivatives

Bangladesh Extends Deadline for Higher Provisions on Unrealised Losses

By Ajoy K Das | 01/04/2024

The extension was granted in response to fears that provisioning requirements based on the International Accounting Standards could lead to forced selling in the market.

ESG / Sustainability

ASEAN Releases Version 3 of Sustainable Finance Taxonomy

By Editors | 31/03/2024

Version 3 introduces TSC for two more focus sectors, namely transportation & storage and construction & real estate.

ESG / Sustainability

Gprnt, Ant International Partner to Support MSME Sustainability Reporting

By Ranamita Chakraborty | 28/03/2024

The partnership is part of a new industry initiative known as ‘Programme Sirius’, which aims to help MSMEs in their transition towards sustainability.

Capital / Liquidity

APAC Banking Sector Well-prepared for Basel III Adoption: Fitch

By Ranamita Chakraborty | 26/03/2024

APAC banking groups are well-prepared due to prevailing conservative regulatory approaches and less extensive use of internal models within the region.

Fintech / Regtech

Vietnam Central Bank Proposes to Introduce Regulatory Sandbox

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 22/03/2024

The SBV will develop a fintech regulatory sandbox fintech for innovations relating credit scoring, open API and P2P lending.

Securities / Derivatives

First Commodity Exchange Licence Granted in Bangladesh

By Ajoy K Das | 21/03/2024

Chittagong Stock Exchange will establish Bangladesh’s first commodity exchange, initially offering cash-settled gold, cotton and crude oil derivatives contracts.

ESG / Sustainability

ACMF Progresses Work on Sustainable Capital Markets Roadmap

By Ranamita Chakraborty | 20/03/2024

About 90% of the Roadmap will be complete within this year. A key achievement has been the development of Version 2 of the ASEAN Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance.