The Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures and Iosco are beginning Level 3 assessments for compliance with their principles for financial markets infrastructures. Asian regulators should take note
The Kazakh firm's $2 billion restructure was complicated by the fact it wasn't a systemically important financial institution when it defaulted in 2009
Streamlining separate caps for foreign institutional investors and foreign direct investors will boost the country's financial markets infrastructure. But the rumoured exclusion of the banking sector would negate much the reform's impact
The Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority has announced a 25% risk weighting for residential mortgages. It’s unclear what this means for the country’s thriving RMBS market
The Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority has warned banks that they need to raise more capital as well as hiking mortgage risk ratings for the biggest lenders
Data protection and cybersecurity are growing increasingly important to regulators in China. Lenders and their service providers could face additional approvals for their systems
The central bank has reacted to concerns about the falling kyat-to-dollar exchange rate in the country, but its actions could complicate matters for infrastructure projects
