Asia Regulatory Review

People's Bank of China publishes RMB Internationalisation Report 2015 | (Chinese Only) The People's Bank of China (PBOC) has published the RMB Internationalisation Report 2015. Although the [...]

G7 leaders set out priorities for 2015. The G7 heads of state and government have issued a joint declaration following the G7 Summit in Germany on 7-8 June 2015.

G7 welcomes Chinese renminbi to join IMF's SDR basket German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said that finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the G7 countries welcomed the inclusion [...]

SFC and CSRC sign agreement on Mainland-Hong Kong Mutual Recognition of Funds The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) have signed a [...]

China sets economic reform priorities for 2015 China's State Council, the cabinet, unveiled this year's priorities for economic reforms. In the financial sector, China will speed up the [...]

Meet the Market North America: Seminar on the Global LEI System Update - 10 June, NYC. Join GFMA, DTCC, SWIFT and the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) for an in-person [...]

ESMA recognises third-country CCPs The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has recognised ten third-country CCPs established in Australia, Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore. The [...]

South Korea Financial Services Commision outlines Policy Direction for Capital Market Reform. The Financial Services Commission outlined its policy direction and key tasks to push forward [...]

China mulls draft law to ease regulation on securities. Administrative examinations and approvals in stock issuance may be abolished, according to a draft amendment read by the top legislature. [...]

Stock reform allows investors up to 20 accounts. Investors will no longer be restricted to only one stock account in China's A-share market and each can have up to 20 accounts, the managing [...]

China issues rules on bank deposit insurance scheme. Beijing took a key step towards drastic reform of the mainland's banking sector as the cabinet published rules governing the deposit [...]

ASIFMA adds ECM Documents on Resources Page. ASIFMA has started posting documents aimed at streamlining documentation processes for ECM professionals. Documents posted include Secondary Block [...]