Financial Services Agency

Japan Issues FI Sales ‘Guidance’

By Samuel Riding | 25/11/2016

Guidelines are designed to protect consumers, avoid conflicts of interest.

Japan to Clamp Down on Excessive Sales Quotas

By Samuel Riding | 21/10/2016

Move aims to avoid unreasonable sales targets and abuses similar to those at Wells Fargo.

Market Infrastructure

Japan to Tighten HFT Regulations

By Samuel Riding | 20/10/2016

New rules to cover trader registration and risk-management requirements.

AML / KYC

Japan Regulator Issues Guidelines to Boost Lending

By Samuel Riding | 18/10/2016

Guidelines state banks should focus on lending to companies with growth potential.

Market Infrastructure

Japan to Remove Bitcoin Sales Tax

By Samuel Riding | 13/10/2016

Move expected boost bitcoin growth, reduce administrative costs.

DTCC Cuts GTR Rates for MAS-, ASIC-regulated Transactions

By Samuel Riding | 22/09/2016

New York/London/Hong Kong/Singapore (21 September) – DTCC (the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation) will from 1 October reduce fees for […]

CME Granted Hong Kong CCP Status

By Samuel Riding | 08/09/2016

6 September, 2016 – CME Group announced that Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. has been granted authorization to provide OTC clearing […]

Securities / Derivatives

Japan Eyes Margin Trading Liberalisation

By Samuel Riding | 26/08/2016

FSA could end ‘off-exchange’ ban, allow trading at night and on public holidays.

AML / KYC

Japanese Newspaper Links Blacklisted Brokers to Panama Papers

By Samuel Riding | 20/07/2016

Financial Futures Association notes Japan is one of the world’s largest markets for binary options.