Malaysia

ASEAN Members Agree Audit Improvements

By Samuel Riding | 23/02/2017

4 countries to seek to reduce number of listed company audits with inspection findings by 25%.

Malaysia to Host CTF Summit

By Samuel Riding | 21/02/2017

Malaysia will host the 3rd Counter-Terrorism Financing (CTF) Summit in November 2017. Previously, the CTF Summit was co-hosted and founded […]

Enforcement Roundup – Australia, Hong Kong and Malaysia

By Samuel Riding | 21/02/2017

Malaysia revokes licenses for manipulative trading activities; HK offender ordered to pay regulator’s costs.

Securities / Derivatives

Indonesia Exchange Seeks to Ward off ‘Marking the Close’

By Samuel Riding | 13/02/2017

IDX could follow Malaysia, Singapore, HK exchanges in opening up pre-closing trade to scrutiny.

Securities / Derivatives

Thai Stock Exchange Eyes Move to T+2

By Samuel Riding | 10/02/2017

Bond market, futures exchange already support T+2, T+1 settlement.

Capital / Liquidity

Slowed Loan Growth Positive for Malaysian Banks – Moody’s

By Samuel Riding | 08/02/2017

Ratings firm says reductions in household and unsecured personal loans, credit cards improve banks’ asset quality.

Malaysia Securities Regulator Appoints New Director of Audit Oversight

By Samuel Riding | 07/02/2017

Malaysia Securities Commission announced the appointment of Alex Ooi Thiam Poh as director of its AOB (Audit Oversight Board), with […]

Market Infrastructure

Indonesian State Lender to Set-up Malaysian Subsidiary

By Samuel Riding | 03/02/2017

Move aims to strengthen presence in neighboring country following BNM, OJK deal last year.

AML / KYC

FINMA Orders ‘Coutts’ to Pay $6.5mn for 1MDB Breaches

By Samuel Riding | 03/02/2017

Swiss regulator says bank’s own legal unit suspected transaction information was ‘entirely fabricated’.