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Meeting the New Regulatory Challenges – Faster and Deeper Regulatory Reporting Requirements

By Editors | 20/01/2014

Regulation Asia spoke with James Stewart, the General Manager for Asia-Pacific Compliance at Wolters Kluwer Financial, to find out how banks can make changes more effectively in order to meet the new requirements.

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Volcker Rule to Put Asian Liquidity to the Test

By Editors | 18/01/2014

Changes made by US regulators to the Volcker rule in December could constrain liquidity in Asia’s immature capital markets and put Wall Street firms at a disadvantage to local competitors.

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Bank Negara Malaysia to Issue Consultation Paper on Retail Lending Rates

By Editors | 17/01/2014

Bank Negara Malaysia consults the financial industry on a new reference rate framework to replace the base lending rate quoted by financial institutions in the pricing of retail loans.

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Japan and Mongolia to Strengthen Cooperation

By Editors | 10/01/2014

Japan and Mongolia exchange letters with aim of sharing expertise and experience.

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Indonesia Transfers Banking Regulatory Duties to OJK

By Editors | 03/01/2014

Bank Indonesia (BI) transfers banking regulatory and supervisory functions to Financial Service Authority (OJK).

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CFTC Approves Substituted Compliance for Asian Jurisdictions

By Editors | 27/12/2013

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has approved substituted compliance for six jurisdictions including Australia, Hong Kong and Japan.

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Philippines Strengthens Capital Structure of Foreign Banks

By Editors | 13/12/2013

The Philippines Central Bank’s (Bangko Sentral) Monetary Board (MB) has approved amendments to the capital framework of foreign bank branches […]

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Iran: The End of Sanction Programs as we know it?

By Editors | 11/12/2013

Recently, deals were struck between Iran and the West to curb Iran’s nuclear program. What does this mean for a financial institution’s AML economic sanctions program?

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HKEx and SGX Establish Framework for Cooperation on Regulatory Reforms

By Editors | 04/12/2013

HKEx and SGX have agreed to work closer on extraterritorial market infrastructure regulation impacting the Asian region.