Conduct, Culture & Accountability

MAS Raises Conduct Concerns in Financial Advisory Sector

15/07/2019

The MAS has commenced a review of the disciplinary frameworks at financial advisory firms, with a view to eventually sharing best practices and developing further guidance.

Capital Adequacy

HKMA Asks Banks to Prepare Systems for Revised Leverage Ratio

15/07/2019

Both the revised leverage ratio treatment of client cleared derivatives and the revised disclosure requirements will come into effect in Hong Kong on 1 January 2022, in line with the BCBS timetable.

Structural Regulation

Japan FSA, CFTC Agree to Mutually Recognise Derivatives Platforms

15/07/2019

Certain FSA-regulated derivatives trading platforms will be exempt from the requirement to register with the CFTC, and the FSA will facilitate authorisation for CFTC-regulated platforms.

Cybersecurity

FSB Seeks Industry Input on Cyber Incident Response and Recovery

15/07/2019

The survey will inform the FSB’s development of a toolkit of effective practices for responding to and recovering from cyber incidents.

Trading & Investment

SGX Launches New Trading Engine from Nasdaq

15/07/2019

The upgrade standardises and unifies SGX’s operations, messaging and data infrastructure, enabling greater flexibility, speed and cost-efficiency when launching new products and services.

Clearing & Post-Trade

Korea Exchange Fined for Making False Statement to CFTC

14/07/2019

The CFTC found that KRX failed to disclose that it was not in compliance with a requirement to use daily stress tests to evaluate the sufficiency of its financial resources.

Anti-Money Laundering

US Authorities Probe Deutsche Bank Dealings With 1MDB

13/07/2019

The DOJ probe is looking into whether Deutsche Bank failed to comply with US AML or foreign bribery laws in the course of raising $1.2bn for 1MDB in 2014.

Tokenisation

Singapore Marks Launch of First Private Exchange with First Listing

13/07/2019

Backed by SGX and licensed by MAS, 1exchange takes private companies’ shares and puts them into an SPV to back digital tokens that can then be listed and traded by investors.

Trading & Investment

China, UK Seek to Establish Bond Market Connectivity – Report

12/07/2019

Following the success of the Hong Kong Bond Connect and Shanghai-London Stock Connect, China and the UK are exploring the feasibility of a bond connect programme.