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New listing rules to take effect from January, in advance of migration to a single board where equity, debt and fund issuers will be covered in a single rule set.

Australian banks are more resilient following post-GFC reforms. But changes to address culture and conduct issues will increase resilience further, says RBA asst governor Michele Bullock.

CBIRC draft rules loosen restrictions on how much insurance companies can invest in the stock market and in which sectors they can participate.

The CSRC has granted Standard Chartered Bank a domestic fund custody licence, which until now has been reserved for local institutions.

The 500 billion won fund will start investing in the KOSDAQ from November. Separately, market participants will establish an emergency monitoring system to better respond to instability.

Over 750 listed companies have since announced stock buybacks, including Ping An Insurance Group, which plans to buy back $15.8 billion of its outstanding shares.

The FSC has fined the bank $129,000 for internal control failures that allowed two of its officers to misappropriate client funds, and ordered it to dismiss the officers responsible.

Foreign banks will be allowed to set up wholly-owned branches and subsidiaries in China provided they maintain at least 8% of yuan-denominated risk assets as reserves.

DTCC’s Oliver Williams explores the use cases of enhanced trade repository data, as Asia's regulators and institutions seek even greater transparency of OTC derivatives markets.

The Korea Financial Investment Association will examine internal operations at securities firms in a bid to prevent order-handling accidents and restore market confidence.