Financial Services Regulatory Update 2018/01/19
- China to Step Up Oversight Over the Banking Industry
- Singapore Corporate Governance Council Launches Public Consultation to Strengthen Corporate Governance
- CSRC to Deepen Reform of Local and Overseas Listing Systems and Bond Market this Year
- China’s PBOC to Give Abject Poverty Areas Priority in New Financial Capital and Services
- Hong Kong SFC Reprimands and Fines EFG Bank AG HK$2 Million
- Hong Kong SFC Releases Circular to Licensed Corporations and Associated Entities on Recommendations from JFIU regarding the Quality of Suspicious Transaction Reports (STR)
- Brazil: CVM Forbids Funds from Investing in Bitcoin and Other Crypto-currencies
- Amendments to Rules Regarding Stock Pledge and Repo Transactions by SZSE and CSDS
- European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) Publishes First MiFID II Position Management Controls for Commodity Derivatives
- EBA Publishes Final Guidelines on Disclosure Requirements of IFRS 9 Transitional Arrangements
- HKMA Launches Consultation on Rules for Loss-absorbing Capacity Requirements for Authorized Institutions under Financial Institutions (Resolution) Ordinance
- Hong Kong SFC Released Research Paper on Hong Kong ETF Market and Topical Issues in the ETF Space
CBRC Forbids Use of Entrusted Loans for Investment and Related Purposes - Hong Kong SFC’s Consultation Paper Proposes to Increase Voting Approval Thresholds to 75% for Whitewash Transactions and to Enhance Supervision and Enforcement Regarding Takeovers