region: Asia

News, Risk Management
June 28, 2023

Europe’s banks face night time T+1 blackouts

European banks are snapping up overnight staff to avoid settlement “hotspots” flaring up across Europe, as they grapple with the...
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Hong Kong and Victoria Harbour
Crypto
March 2, 2023

Hong Kong’s 'ambitious' virtual assets trading proposals

The financial centre wants to launch a new licensing regime, which includes opening up retail investor access. Hong Kong’s Securities...
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Japanese banks
Capital, Prudential
February 2, 2023

Basel III implementation delays create challenges and opportunities for APAC banks

For smaller Asia-Pacific economies Basel III implementation is proving less complex than for international peers, while its bigger players must...
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Markets
January 5, 2023

Capital markets question APRA’s clampdown on bank bond calls

On November 1, 2022, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority published an open letter to deposit-taking institutions, general insurers and life...
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Hong Kong and Victoria Harbour
Governance
January 5, 2023

Hong Kong mounts fight back amid fragmenting geopolitics

Hong Kong has prospered mightily on the back of turbo-charged globalisation, the ascent of China and the symbiotic US–Chinese economic...
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Crypto
November 16, 2022

Singapore paves way for ‘differentiated’ stablecoins

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has published new proposals for the regulation of stablecoin issuers and intermediaries, in a...
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