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Capital / Liquidity
ESMA to Bring 3rd-country CRAs, Trade Repositories Under EU Supervision
By Samuel Riding | 04/12/2017
ESMA executive director Verena Ross says more than 200 non-EU trading venues have asked for exemptions from MiFID II post-trade transparency, position limits.
Crypto / Digital Assets
Malaysia Trialling Blockchain-based Unlisted, OTC Markets
By Editors | 04/12/2017
Distributed ledger trial will form basis of technology architecture, software functions and development standards to underpin markets.
AML / KYC
Report Sets out Macau AML/CTF Weaknesses
By Editors | 03/12/2017
Asia Pacific Group says authorities have not yet grasped cross-border AML risks, but praises use of intelligence to produce suspicious transaction reports.
Big Picture
Private Sector Leverage Remains Key Risk for Asian Banks – Moody’s
By Garima Chitkara | 30/11/2017
Report suggests private sector debt has risen in 12 of 14 Asian countries; FSB addressing risks from housing market, rising household debt in Asia.
Capital / Liquidity
BoJ Urges Asian Local Currency Debt Market Development
By Garima Chitkara | 30/11/2017
Haruhiko Kuroda says firms in Asia need to diversify their sources of funding to protect against market shocks as ASEAN initiatives increase.
Capital / Liquidity
Asian Firms at Risk of Drowning Under Wave of Regulation from US, Europe
By David Farmery | 30/11/2017
The wave of financial regulation about to wash over Europe and North America could eventually overwhelm Asian institutions.
Capital / Liquidity
Indonesia Regulator to Set-up Regtech Surveillance System
By Editors | 27/11/2017
New technology to include integrated surveillance including early-warning system, data analysis and online regulatory reporting for financial institutions.
Capital / Liquidity
Vietnam to Allow Banks to Go Bankrupt
By Editors | 27/11/2017
Bankruptcy will be a last resort; Vietnamese banking sector has bad debts of 8.6% of total credit, 17.2% NPL ratio; Moody’s outlook ‘positive’
AML / KYC
Bank Officials Involved in Majority of Online Banking Forgeries in Bangladesh
By Garima Chitkara | 23/11/2017
A Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management survey has found that bank officials are directly involved in 67 per cent of online banking forgeries in collusion with IT firms.
Fintech / Regtech
Philippines Looks to Blockchain to Spur Financial Inclusion
By Garima Chitkara | 23/11/2017
The Bankers Association of the Philippines has launched a digitisation initiative to facilitate customer identity management and verification through blockchain technology.
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