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Pan-Asia
Asian corporate bond market matures (Financial Times) 29 December 2011
Australia
APRA Media Release: APRA releases new prudential standard for Financial Claims Scheme
22 December 2011
RBA Research Discussion Paper: Terms of Trade Shocks: What are They and What Do They Do?
21 December 2011
RBA Research Discussion Paper: Assessing Some Models of the Impact of Financial Stress upon Business Cycles 21 December 2011
China
CSRC tightens firms' disclosure rules (China Daily)
31 December 2011
China Grants CNY10.7 Bln RQFII Quotas To 10 Companies (The Wall Street Journal) 30 December 2011
QFII quotas resume as capital flows out (China Daily)
30 December 2011
PBOC News Release: Highlights of China’s Monetary Policy in the Third Quarter of 2011 28 December 2011
PBOC News Release: Establishment of a Bilateral Local Currency Swap Agreement between the People’s Bank of China and the Bank of Thailand 28 December 2011
CBRC News Release: Top Leadership of the CBRC Extended New Year Greetings to Banking Institutions 27 December 2011
Tokyo and Beijing Agree on Currency Pact (The Wall Street Journal) 27 December 2011
PBOC urges less reliance on foreign credit ratings (China Daily) 26 December 2011
Chinese, Japanese leaders unveil deals on bond sales, currency to tighten finance ties
(The Washington Post) 26 December 2011
PBOC News Release: Establishment of a Bilateral Local Currency Swap Agreement between the People’s Bank of China and the State Bank of Pakistan 25 December 2011
PBOC’s Governor Zhou Says China Should Cut Reliance on Foreign Ratings (Bloomberg)
25 December 2011
PBOC News Release: Enhanced Cooperation for Financial Markets Development between China and Japan 25 December 2011
China Grants Licenses for New Yuan Program (The Wall Street Journal) 22 December 2011
21 December 2011
Hong Kong
HKMA Guidelines: Supervisory Policy Manual (SPM) CA-S-10 “Financial Instrument Fair Value Practices” 30 December 2011
HKMA Chief Executive Norman T.L. Chan Speech at the "RMB Internationalization and the Building of Shenzhen's Financial Centre" Seminar, Shenzhen (Chinese) 22 December 2011
FSTB Press Release: Arrangement for avoidance of double taxation 21 December 2011
HKMA Press Release: HKMA welcomes the first issuance of Renminbi bonds by a Mainland financial institution through the CMU 21 December 2011
Renminbi bonds issuance welcomed (news.gov.hk) 21 December 2011
HKEx News Release: HKEx Updates Policy on Regulatory Information Disclosure and Trading Arrangements 20 December 2011
India
SEBI Master Circular on Matters relating to Exchange Traded Derivatives 2 January 2012
RBI Press Release: Inter-connectedness of Banks and NBFCs in India : Issues and Policy Implications: RBI Working Paper Series No. 21 2 January 2012
India lifts restrictions on foreign investors (Financial Times) 2 January 2012
India to Allow Individual Foreign Investors to Buy Local Shares Directly (Bloomberg) 1 January 2012
RBI Notification: Revised Capital Adequacy Framework for Off-Balance Sheet Items for NBFCs-Clarification 30 December 2011
RBI Notification: Issuance of Non-Convertible Debentures (NCDs) 30 December 2011
RBI Press Release: RBI amends Directions on Exchange Traded- IRFs on G-secs To permit Two and Five Years IRFs 30 December 2011
RBI Notification: Exchange-traded Interest Rate Futures #1 30 December 2011
RBI Notification: Exchange-traded Interest Rate Futures #2 30 December 2011
SEBI Circular: Exchange Traded Interest Rate Futures on 2-year and 5-year Notional Coupon Bearing Government of India Security 30 December 2011
RBI Press Release: RBI Releases Draft Guidelines on Basel III Capital Regulations 30 December 2011
RBI Notification: Implementation of Basel III Capital Regulations in India - Draft Guidelines
30 December 2011
RBI unveils draft guidelines on Basel III capital norms (IIFL) 30 December 2011
RBI Notification: External Commercial Borrowings (ECB) denominated in Indian Rupees (INR) - hedging facilities for non-resident entities 29 December 2011
RBI Notification: StCBs/DCCBs - Deregulation of Interest Rates on NRE Deposits and NRO Accounts
28 December 2011
RBI Notification: Reregulation of Interest Rates on Non-Resident (External) Rupee (NRE) Deposits and Ordinary Non-Resident (NRO) Accounts 28 December 2011
RBI Notification: Secondary market transactions in Government Securities - Short Selling
28 December 2011
RBI extends the shortselling period for government bonds to 3 months (The Economic Times)
28 December 2011
RBI Notification: Capital Requirement for banks’ investments in financial entities exempted from Capital Market Exposure 27 December 2011
RBI Notification: Banks' Exposure to Capital Market - Issue of Irrevocable Payment Commitments (IPCs) 27 December 2011
RBI Deputy Governor Anand Sinha Address: Legislative Reforms- Strengthening Banking Sector
26 December 2011
RBI Deputy Governor Anand Sinha Address: Financial Reporting in the context of Financial Stability: A Regulator’s view on Some Accounting Issues 26 December 2011
RBI Notification: Credit Default Swaps - NBFCs as Users 26 December 2011
RBI Notification: Revised Capital Adequacy Framework for Off-Balance Sheet Items for NBFCs
26 December 2011
RBI Notification: Deregulation of Savings Bank Deposit Interest Rate - Guidelines (Modified)
26 December 2011
SEBI Circular: Public issue of Debt Securities- Prohibition on payment of incentives 26 December 2011
Reforms commission looking at uniform legislation for banks (The Hindu) 26 December 2011
RBI Notification: Implementation of the Internal Rating Based (IRB) Approaches for Calculation of Capital Charge for Credit Risk 22 December 2011
RBI Notification: Marginal Standing Facility - Scheme 21 December 2011
MOF Press Release: Moody's upgrades India's sovereign credit ratings 21 December 2011
20 December 2011
MOF Press Release: Protocol Amending India-Australia Dtaa Signed; Updated for Effective Exchange of Information on Tax Matters 16 December 2011
Japan
Policy Board Member Sayuri Shirai Speech: Growing Uncertainty over the European Sovereign Debt Issues 26 December 2011
China, Japan to push direct yuan-yen trading (Financial Post) 26 December 2011
BOJ Press Release: Establishment of Temporary Bilateral Liquidity Swap Arrangements with Five Central Banks 21 December 2011
FSA Press Release: Notice of International Conference on Asian Market Integration and Financial Innovation 20 December 2011
Korea
Bond market for small firms to open next year (The Korea Herald) 26 December 2011
Malaysia
BNM Press Statement: Financial Sector Blueprint 2011 - 2020 21 December 2011
Singapore
MAS Press Release: Re-appointments to MAS Board of Directors 29 December 2011
16 December 2011
Taiwan
Two More Taiwanese Banks Allowed to Set up Branches in China (CENS.com) 30 December 2011
Thailand
BOT Press Release: The Establishment of a Bilateral Local Currency Swap Agreement between the People’s Bank of China and the Bank of Thailand 22 December 2011
SEC News Release: SEC revises CRA oversight rules 16 November 2011
SEC News Release: SEC requires standardized factsheet for all types of public offering 16 November 2011
Global
ESMA Consultation paper: Guidelines on certain aspects of the MiFID suitability requirements
22 December 2011
ESMA Consultation paper Guidelines on certain aspects of the MiFID compliance function requirements
22 December 2011
BCBS Consultative Document: Application of own credit risk adjustments to derivatives 21 December 2011
BCBS Consultative Document: Core principles for effective banking supervision 21 December 2011
AFME, ICMA and ISDA Publish Paper Analyzing the Impact of European Sovereigns’ Collateral Policies 19 December 2011
BCBS Consultative Document: Definition of capital disclosure requirements
(comments due by 17 February 2011) December 2011
BCBS - The Joint Forum Consultative Document: Principles for the supervision of financial Conglomerates Consultative document December 2011
IMF Working Paper: The New Economics of Capital Controls Imposed for Prudential Reasons December 2011
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ASIFMA, is a broadly based professional advocacy organization that seeks to promote the growth and development of Asia’s debt capital markets and their orderly integration into the global financial system. We believe that more open domestic capital markets, more standardized market practices and a more stable and transparent regulatory environment will help mobilize and redirect the region’s considerable financial savings to support Asia’s continued economic growth and development.
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