Trading & Investment

Taiwan to Open Cross-Border Stock Link with Singapore in July

22/04/2015

To draw more investors into its equity markets, Taiwan will open a cross-border stock trading platform with Singapore on July 1.

Trading & Investment

Facilitating Securities-based Crowdfunding in Singapore

22/04/2015

The MAS securities-based crowdfunding consultation paper is timely, given the growing interest in recent years.

Structural Regulation

China to Reform IPO Process, May Allow Foreign Listing

22/04/2015

China is moving to overhaul its initial public offering (IPO) approval process and open its markets to share issuance by foreign companies.

Structural Regulation

China to Inject $62 Billion into Policy Banks to Back Silk Road Project

22/04/2015

China’s ambitious “New Silk Road” plan that will build infrastructure links to foreign markets has moved a step closer to reality as Beijing will draw from its foreign exchange reserves to inject $62 billion of capital into policy banks to fund the project.

Structural Regulation

IMF Deliberation on RMB’s Reserve Currency Status Ongoing, Says Official

20/04/2015

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is making a full evaluation of the international uses of the renminbi and its share in global investment and trade as part of the agency’s ongoing special drawing right (SDR) review, said an IMF official.

Trading & Investment

China Shares Dip after Lending Curbs, Reserve Ratio Cut

19/04/2015

China’s tougher rules on margin trading sent shares lower on Monday overshadowing the central bank’s decision to implement its biggest cut in the banks’ reserve requirement ratio (RRR) since November 2008.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability

ASIC Expands Investigation on UBS over NSW Privatization Report

19/04/2015

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s investigation on UBS, a key adviser on the privatisation of NSW Coalition, now involved interviews with top officials at the bank including its Australia chief executive Matthew Grounds.

Trading & Investment

China Moves to Curb Margin Trading

17/04/2015

China’s securities regulator has tightened rules on margin lending and promoted the use of short-selling in an apparent effort to take some heat off a soaring market.

Supervision & Enforcement

Indonesia Signs Cooperation Pact with S. Korea on Monetary Supervision

17/04/2015

Indonesia’s Financial Services Authority (OJK) has signed an agreement boosting cooperation with South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) in overseeing the financial industry.