To participate in Swap Connect and trade interest rate derivatives with Mainland investors, foreign investors will need approval to access the interbank bond market.
February 21, 2023The rule changes would require green bond issuers use 100 percent of proceeds on green projects, compared to 70 percent currently.
August 26, 2022The MYOR will run in parallel to the existing KLIBOR, although publication of the lesser referenced two- and 12-month KLIBOR tenors will be discontinued.
September 28, 2021The CBIRC issued $350mn in fines against 3,178 banks and insurance firms in 2020. The number of individuals punished rose by about 30% from 2019.
May 22, 2021A new discussion paper proposes that the Malaysian ARR be based on overnight transactions in the interbank market, and that the ARR runs in parallel to KLIBOR.
May 21, 2021RTGS members banks are directed to inform their customers of the change and to put in place necessary infrastructure to provide RTGS around the clock.
December 10, 2020The move is expected to release about $3.7mn of liquidity into the banking system. BNM has also cut its overnight policy rate to the lowest level since 2009.
May 5, 2020Japan's antitrust agency is looking into how banks decide fees for using the national interbank funds transfer system and whether they present an entry barrier for fintechs.
December 9, 2019The licences mark the first approvals allowing foreign banks to act as lead underwriter for domestically issued bonds, for both local and foreign companies.
September 4, 2019The measures ease restrictions on foreign investment in securities firms, asset management companies, FX brokerage, insurance and pension management, among others.
July 22, 2019