Asia Regulatory Review

ASIFMA expresses sincere condolences on the passing of Singapore's first Prime Minister Mr Lee Kuan Yew. Mr Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore's founding father, died on March 23 at the age of 91. He was [...]

PBOC Pledges to Press on With Rate Liberalization Amid Slowdown. China's central bank is pushing ahead with plans to liberalize interest rates even as the economy slows, a reform that would [...]

Facilitating Cross-Border Capital Raising in ASEAN. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Singapore Exchange (SGX) jointly signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the [...]

GFMA Submits Comments to IOSCO and CPMI on Global Cybersecurity Harmonisation. GFMA provides comments to the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), the BIS Committee on [...]

Warren Lee, Standard Chartered Executive, involved in tragic accident. We are deeply saddened by the loss of Warren Lee, Managing Director, Global Head of Capital Markets Solutions and an ASIFMA [...]

ASEAN Exchanges meet with the honourable Prime Minister Najib in support of the integration of ASEAN capital market The ASEAN Exchanges CEOs met with the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Najib Razak, [...]

The Hong Kong SFC welcomes appointment of Executive Director. The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) welcomes the appointment by the Financial Secretary of Ms Julia Leung as Executive [...]

Hong Kong-Shenzhen stock through train on track. Hong Kong's top finance official and regulator said preparations were under way to complete a direct stock exchange link-up between Hong Kong and [...]

CSRC - New IPO system aims to create healthy capital market. Chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), Xiao Gang said the execution of the new system would be one of the top [...]

National People's Congress Standing Committee announces new free trade zones in China | (Chinese Only). The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress has issued the 'Decision on [...]

Stock link bid for HK, Shenzhen. China is considering a stock trading link program to allow Hong Kong and Shenzhen investors to buy and sell shares on each city's bourse. The move is part of [...]

ASIFMA wishes all subscribers a Warm Season's Greetings and a Happy New Year! The newsletter will take a break for the holidays and will return on 6 January 2015.