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Securities / Derivatives
Japan FSA Seeks to Make NISA Programme Permanent
By Editors | 31/08/2022
NISA is a programme for small investments that offers time-based exemptions from capital gains and dividend tax.
ESG / Sustainability
Japan Publishes Results of Climate Scenario Analysis Exercise
By Editors | 29/08/2022
The results highlight a need for banks to use common assumptions within their models, refine their analysis of individual companies, and enhance their methodologies.
Fintech / Regtech
BOJ, FSA Advance Work to Coordinate Supervisory Functions
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 17/07/2022
The FSA and BOJ have started sharing information reported by FIs using common templates and are establishing a new data platform to collect granular data from the industry.
Crypto / Digital Assets
BOJ to ‘Carefully’ Examine CBDC Impact on Bank Deposits
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 14/07/2022
A shift away from bank deposits may not occur if banks offer “smooth exchange of CBDC and deposits” and “attractive services related to CBDC”.
Crypto / Digital Assets
ADDX, CCB Partner to Enable Chinese Offshore Investments
By Editors | 24/06/2022
The CCB agreement allows ADDX to operationalise an arrangement with ICHAM to channel QDLP funds from mainland investors into overseas digital securities.
Market Infrastructure
US Fed Raises Interest Rates by Most Since in 28 Years
By Editors | 16/06/2022
The HKMA has responded with a 75bp interest rate hike of its own, after intervening overnight to defend the HKD peg to the US dollar.
Market Infrastructure
Japan FSA Calls on Market to Complete LIBOR Transition Efforts
By Manesh Samtani | 09/06/2022
Only a small number of JPY LIBOR contracts remain that still need to complete the transition, but USD LIBOR rates are “still widely used” by Japanese FIs and corporates.
Crypto / Digital Assets
BOJ Releases Phase One Findings from CBDC Testing
By Editors | 01/06/2022
Phase one of CBDC experimentation was conducted from April 2021 to March 2022. The BOJ tested three CBDC ledger design alternatives.
Fintech / Regtech
SET, UOB Join SGX, Temasek as Investors in ADDX
By Editors | 25/05/2022
SET’s move to invest in ADDX reflects a trend towards a “new capital market landscape that emphasises continuity between the public and private markets”.
Securities / Derivatives
ADDX, Fullerton Partner to Tokenise Private Equity Fund
By Editors | 11/05/2022
Temasek subsidiary Fullerton Fund Management is issuing tokenised units of a new private equity fund of funds on the ADDX platform.
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