AUSTRALIA

Market Infrastructure

ESMA to Cooperate with New Zealand Regulators on CCPs

By Editors | 20/04/2017

MoU recognises New Zealand’s CCPs as able to provide clearing to EU clearing members, trading venues.

Australia Finalises Adviser Standards, Ethics Board

By Samuel Riding | 10/04/2017

Board will be chaired by Catherine Walter, director of RBA’s payments systems body.

AML / KYC

Australia Cracks Down on Interest-Only Loans

By Editors | 03/04/2017

ASIC and APRA separately announce measures against interest-only lending.

Securities / Derivatives

Short-term Derivatives to Require FMA License

By Editors | 03/04/2017

Companies offering short-duration derivatives in NZ will require license from December 2017.

Market Infrastructure

ASIC Industry Funding Model Bill in Parliament

By Editors | 31/03/2017

New model will increase transparency, making industry more accountable and ASIC a stronger regulator.

APRA’s Statistics Form Review – Get Ahead of the Future

By Douglas Cheung | 27/03/2017

Trying to compile all the new reports at the last minute should be avoided at all costs.

Capital / Liquidity

No FRTB Until 2021 – APRA

By Samuel Riding | 24/03/2017

Regulator says BCBS unlikely to finalise rules until ‘2020 at the earliest’.

AML / KYC

ASIC Sets out Blockchain Regulatory Framework

By Samuel Riding | 21/03/2017

Regulator will ask six questions to assess a DLT’s regulatory compliance.

Securities / Derivatives

Westpac, ANZ Submit to Forex Trading Supervision

By Samuel Riding | 20/03/2017

Banks will be under third-party supervision as they fix ‘systems, control and monitoring’.