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    ESG / Sustainability

    BSE India Receives Approval to Set Up Social Stock Exchange

    By Editors | 10/10/2022

    The social stock exchange will allow direct listings from non-profit organisations and for-profit social enterprises.

    Philippines Set to Adopt Standardised Forms for Loan Applications

    By Editors | 10/10/2022

    Lenders will be required to use standard loan application forms, which will make credit more accessible to small businesses.

    BNM Calls for Heightened Vigilance Over Payment Card Activity

    By Editors | 10/10/2022

    Payment gateway service provider iPay88 experienced a breach earlier this year affecting card data from online transactions.

    Securities / Derivatives

    HKIFA Calls for Review of MPF Investment Framework

    By Editors | 10/10/2022

    The HKIFA is calling for relaxations to allow MPF funds to invest in a wider range of asset classes, and to provide investment flexibility to those already in retirement.

    Market Infrastructure

    FASB Extends LIBOR Accounting Relief for Two More Years

    By Editors | 10/10/2022

    The relief delays more onerous accounting treatment that borrowers with legacy LIBOR loans would face if the relief was not extended.

    Crypto / Digital Assets

    Binance Suffers Crypto Hack, But Contains Losses

    By Editors | 10/10/2022

    After managing to freeze the majority of the stolen assets, Binance said about $100mn in unrecovered funds remains, out of $570mn that was initially stolen.

    Enforcement

    Korea May Start Naming Foreign Firms Engaged in Illegal Short-Selling

    By Editors | 09/10/2022

    Local securities firms are required to notify investors if they are fined for violating short selling-related rules, but this is not the case for foreign investors.

    Crypto / Digital Assets

    RBI Set to Commence Limited Pilot Launch of CBDC

    By Editors | 09/10/2022

    To avoid the disintermediation of banks, which would impede credit creation, the RBI suggested the CBDC would likely be non-interest bearing.

    Enforcement

    FSA Bars SMBC Nikko from Block Trades for 3 Months

    By Editors | 09/10/2022

    SMBC Nikko Securities was also found to have shared confidential information of several corporate clients without their consent with its parent’s banking unit.

    AML / KYC

    Malaysia Budget 2023 to Tackle Scams, Promote Capital Market

    By Editors | 09/10/2022

    Budget 2023 includes measures to strengthen the capital market, protect against scams and cyber threats, and drive the ESG and climate change agenda.

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