Trading & Investment

HKEX Finalises Revisions to Position Limits for SSO, SSF

29/07/2022

HKEX has confirmed plans to widen its position limit rules covering single stock options and futures and its flagship mini contracts.

Trading & Investment

SIX Swiss Exchange Lists First Chinese A-Shares as GDRs

28/07/2022

The listings mark the official launch of the China-Switzerland Stock Connect programme. More than ten other companies have disclosed plans to issue GDRs in Switzerland.

Emerging Prudential Risks

RBNZ to Improve Readability of Bank Assurance Reports

28/07/2022

The RBNZ will implement changes designed to rationalise the structure of the assurance reports and improve their readability.

Trading & Investment

Taiwan FSC Allows Banks to Offer ‘One-Stop’ Investment Services

28/07/2022

Under new rules, bank customers will have the option to direct their bank to dispose of foreign securities obtained through the conversion of structured products.

Credit Risk

Bangladesh Bank Relaxes Loan Rescheduling Policy

28/07/2022

Businesses can make a smaller down payment to reschedule their loans. Rescheduling will allowed up to four times, compared to three times previously.

Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime

ASIC Warns of Prevalence of Payment Redirection Scams

28/07/2022

The latest ACCC data shows that payment redirection scams caused the highest losses to businesses in 2021.

Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime

Philippine Court Jails Seven Over Investment Scam

28/07/2022

Seven perpetrators of a PHP 3 billion investment scam were sentenced to 20 years in jail each on top of financial penalties. Four others remain at large.

Data Privacy

UK Regulators Progress Work to Transform Data Collection

28/07/2022

The BOE and FCA will delivering a more “intuitive” form design across regulatory returns that will make data submission “simpler, faster, and more valuable”.

Reporting & Disclosures

ESG & the Evolving Demands on Asset Managers and Banks

28/07/2022

Asset managers in Asia could be forgiven for thinking ESG stood for Ever-Shifting Ground.