Cloud & Infrastructure

Singapore Regulator Creates FinTech & Innovation Group

28/07/2015

The Monetary Authority of Singapore has announced the formation of a new FinTech and Innovation Group within its organisation structure with effect from 1 August 2015.

Trading & Investment

China Financial Futures Exchange Signs MoU with Moscow Exchange

28/07/2015

The China Financial Futures Exchange and the Moscow Stock Exchange have signed a memorandum of understanding to deepen their partnerships and promote common development.

Structural Regulation

S. Korea Banks Step up Efforts to Retain Customers

27/07/2015

Korean Banks are stepping up customer retention efforts by offering benefits such as banking fee discounts and prime interest rates, in a bid to prevent them from moving their accounts to other banks.

Structural Regulation

India to Weaken Central Bank Monetary Powers

27/07/2015

Ministry of Finance releases draft regulation which would revamp the way the RBI sets monetary policy.

Emerging Prudential Risks

Basel Committee, IOSCO Publish Final Criteria for Securitisation Structures

27/07/2015

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and the International Organization of Securities Commissions have issued final criteria for identifying simple, transparent and comparable securitisation structures.

Structural Regulation

Australian Government to Audit ASIC

27/07/2015

Australia’s government will conduct the first full-scale audit of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) in 17 years, laying the groundwork for a major overhaul in how the corporate watchdog is funded and operated.

Alternative Markets

New Rules to Allow Hedge Funds in Thailand

26/07/2015

Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission plans to issue regulations by the end of September that would allow the launch of hedge funds and junk bond funds in a bid to keep yield-seekers from investing abroad.

Trading & Investment

India to Introduce Guidelines for Algorithmic Trading

26/07/2015

The Securities and Exchange Board of India is working on guidelines to regulate algorithmic trading and is expected to release them within the next two months.

Trading & Investment

SEBI Seeks Government Guidance on Commodity Derivatives Participation by Foreign Investors

25/07/2015

The Securities and Exchange Board of India is seeking guidance from the Finance Ministry ahead of its merger with the Forward Market Commission on whether to allow Foreign Portfolio Investors into the commodity derivatives market.