Sustainable Finance

ICMA Explores Role of Repo Market in Sustainable Finance

25/04/2021

A new ICMA paper looks at the intersections between the repo and collateral market and sustainable finance.

Clearing & Post-Trade

ASX to Introduce Default Management Auctions for ETD in Q3

25/04/2021

ASX consulted last year on the introduction of an auctions framework for exchange-traded derivatives in the event of a futures clearing participant’s default.

Supervision & Enforcement

S. Korea to Improve Debtor Access to Legal Representation

24/04/2021

The FSC will increase support and accessibility to free legal representation for debtors, as well as strengthen coordination with investigative authorities.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability

Australian Life Insurers Launch Professional Standards Framework

24/04/2021

The framework was developed through collaboration between life insurers comprising 95 percent of the gross written premium in the retail life industry.

Market Risk

Regulatory Future Proofing with In-Memory Computing

24/04/2021

In-memory analytics tools allow even the most complex of regulatory calculations to be performed in minutes or seconds rather than hours.

Market Abuse

SFC, HK Police Make Arrest Four More in Ramp-and-dump Probe

23/04/2021

Three of the four are senior executives of a listed company. They are said to have embezzled over HKD 19 million of the listed company’s funds.

Anti-Money Laundering

BSP Renews Push for Changes to Bank Secrecy Law

23/04/2021

BSP Governor Benjamin Diokno expects a pending bill to be acted upon by Congress as early as May.

Structural Regulation

Philippines to Grant BSP Authority Over Insurance Commission

23/04/2021

Under a proposed bill, the supervision of the Insurance Commission will move from the Department of Finance to the BSP.

Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime

SFC Imposes Lifetime Ban on Co-CEOs of IDS Forex Ltd

23/04/2021

The co-CEOs knew of their chairman’s arrest and conviction in Korea for fraud but did not report the events to the SFC.