Japan

Securities / Derivatives

UPDATED – First Brokers Approved to Use TSE’s CONNEQTOR Platform

By Editors | 22/11/2020

CONNEQTOR enables institutional investors who want to trade a particular ETF at a particular quantity to send an RFQs to market makers.

Capital / Liquidity

BOJ Offers Interest Incentive for Regional Banks to Merge

By Editors | 10/11/2020

Regional banks can earn the interest rate by meeting certain overhead reduction targets or by agreeing to a merger with another bank.

Securities / Derivatives

Japan FSA to Set Up Dedicated Office to Lure Foreign Fund Managers

By Editors | 08/11/2020

The new office will be able to start receiving applications in English in January 2021. Pre-application consultation is available in English with immediate effect.

Fintech / Regtech

TSE Invites Firms to Test Earnings Report Disclosure in HTML

By Editors | 04/11/2020

Participation is optional and has no additional cost. The objective of the PoC is to validate improvements in the availability of earnings reports to investors.

Securities / Derivatives

TSE Invites Firms to Register for New RFQ Platform for ETFs

By Editors | 01/11/2020

The new platform, CONNEQTOR, will be ready for production use next month, allowing institutional investors to send RFQs to market makers.

Market Infrastructure

Japan Lawmakers to Propose Streamlining FSA, BOJ Bank Inspections

By Editors | 22/10/2020

Lawmakers reportedly plan to propose that the FSA and BOJ create a committee to address complaints from FIs concerning an overlap between the two agencies in bank inspections.

AML / KYC

Japan FSA to Mandate Stricter ID Checks for E-payments

By Editors | 20/10/2020

The FSA plans to revise its guidelines for bank transfers to e-payment service providers in response to a series of fraudulent withdrawals.

Market Infrastructure

Tokyo Stock Exchange Faces FSA Probe Over System Outage

By Manesh Samtani | 20/10/2020

Based on an on-site investigation and findings from JPX’s own investigative committee, the FSA will consider issuing a business improvement order.

Fintech / Regtech

Japan FSA to Debut Online Filing Platform by March 2021

By Editors | 18/10/2020

The FSA plans to update its ordinances and guidelines to enable a complete shift to online applications and filings by March 2022.