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Trading & Investment
Bangladesh Moves Towards Market Based Exchange Rates
02/06/2022
A policy requiring banks to quote uniform rates has been abandoned. Banks can base their FX rates on supply and demand.
Emerging Prudential Risks
SAFE Allows High-tech Firms to Increase Overseas Borrowing
02/06/2022
High-tech companies in 17 provinces/cities can borrow funds from overseas to finance R&D and accelerate their development.
Tokenisation
UnionBank Issues Philippines’ First DLT-based Digital Bond
02/06/2022
The issuance follows a POC project to optimise bond issuance workflows between STACS and PDTC, the Philippines’ national CSD for debt and equities.
Market Abuse
Ex-OpenSea Employee Charged for Insider Trading in NFTs
02/06/2022
The former product manager traded on confidential information about which NFTs were going to be featured by OpenSea’s website.
Climate Risk
NZ XRB Publishes Directors’ Guidance on Climate Disclosures
02/06/2022
The guide outlines key considerations and best practice areas for directors to consider as they prepare for New Zealand’s climate-related disclosures framework.
Tokenisation
SGX CDP Enables Access to DLT Bond Issuance Platform
02/06/2022
CDP has made available to market participants a blockchain-enabled bond issuance platform developed by Marketnode, a joint venture between SGX and Temasek.
Stablecoins
UK Proposes Framework for Dealing with Stablecoin Failures
02/06/2022
HM Treasury proposes to give the BOE powers to appoint administrators to oversee insolvency arrangements with failed stablecoin issuers.
Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime
More Chinese Firms Fall Under India Probe for ‘Irregularities’
02/06/2022
The MCA says it has received information that indicates potential violations including fraud by Chinese companies operating in India.
Structural Regulation
AFCA to Start Using New Funding Model from 1 July
01/06/2022
The new user-pay model will reward good performance and early resolution while apportioning fees fairly based on the actual use of AFCA’s services.
Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime
Malaysia SC Offers Guidance on Detecting Fake Investment Firms
01/06/2022
In one case, approximately $821,000 flowed through one mule bank account controlled by scam operators within a period of six months.
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