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Conduct, Culture & Accountability
IOSCO Offers Guidance to Regulators on Investor Education, Protection
03/12/2022
IOSCO report proposes seven sound practices for regulators to consider when designing financial and investor education initiatives, particularly during periods of crisis.
Trading & Investment
China to Pilot Commercial Pensions to Supplement New Private Pension Scheme
03/12/2022
China launched its private pension scheme in 36 cities on 25 November. Commercial pension trials will start in 10 cities on 1 January.
Reporting & Disclosures
ASIC Fines Vanguard Australia for ‘Greenwashing’ in Funds
02/12/2022
Vanguard’s exclusion was meant to prevent investment in companies that sell tobacco products, but its screen only excluded manufacturers and not sellers.
Structural Regulation
CSRC Lifts Equity Financing Ban for Property Firms
02/12/2022
The CSRC is allowing listed developers to conduct equity financing, mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings, private share placements, and overseas fundraising.
Data Privacy
APRA Pledges to Minimise Burden of New Data Collections
02/12/2022
APRA says it is committed to “early and frequent” engagement with the industry on its new data collections, what it calls a “co-design approach”.
CBDCs
DTCC Publishes Findings from Experimental CBDC Work
02/12/2022
The prototype developed was able to connect two distinct asset networks to enable “secure, resilient, and efficient security settlement with CBDC.”
Liquidity Risk
BOJ Relaxes Terms of Securities Lending Facility
02/12/2022
The move is aimed at ensuring stability in the market and easing tight JGB liquidity in the repo market.
Anti-Money Laundering
Texas Unseals Charges Against 21 Crypto Money Launderers
02/12/2022
The 21 US citizens charged helped to move proceeds from US fraud victims to foreign criminal organisations using crypto.
Alternative Markets
Malaysia Revises Guidelines on VC and PE Investment
02/12/2022
The new guidelines will widen the investor base, increase funding for start-ups and MSMEs, and increase the vibrancy of Malaysia’s private markets.
CBDCs
RBI Launches Pilot to Test CBDC with Consumers, Merchants
02/12/2022
The participating banks are State Bank of India, ICICI Bank, Yes Bank, IDFC First Bank, Bank of Baroda, Union Bank of India, HDFC Bank and Kotak Mahindra Bank.
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