Posts By Regulation Asia
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Asia-Pacific
BIS, HKMA to Build Digital Infrastructure for Green Bonds
BIS Innovation Hub, HKMA and private sector firms will tokenise green bonds to facilitate investment in and improve the transparency of green...
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Asia-Pacific
Chinese Regulator to Cooperate with US on Audit Supervision
Securities regulator to create conditions for China-US cooperation on audit supervision, strengthen market communication, and stabilise policy expectations.
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Asia-Pacific
HK SFC Finalises Managers’ Climate Risk Rules
Fund managers have 12-15 months to comply with the requirements, which cover governance, investment management, risk management and disclosure.
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Asia-Pacific
China to Increase Governance Scrutiny of Fund Managers
Securities regulator to revise rulesets and establish a new system to assess quality of corporate governance.
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Asia-Pacific
New FSA Head Issues Warning to Japanese Fund Providers
The FSA plans to establish a new framework for the certification of ESG-related products. It is also exploring mandatory climate risk disclosures.
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News
Nasdaq Board Diversity Proposal Secures SEC Backing
The new rules will require listed companies to meet race and gender targets on a comply or explain basis.
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Asia-Pacific
Plan to Accelerate Coal Plant Closures in APAC
Prudential, Citi, HSBC, and BlackRock are reportedly working on a plan to buy out coal-fired plants and wind them down early.
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Asia-Pacific
Malaysia Forms Group to Support Climate Taxonomy Adoption
Joint Committee on Climate Change committed to early adoption of the taxonomy, ahead of the July 2022 deadline.
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Asia-Pacific
PBOC to Guide Asset Owners Towards ESG Investments
Central bank to steer China's pension funds, insurance, social security agencies and asset managers towards ESG products.
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Asia-Pacific
BOJ to Pursue ‘Learning-by-doing’ Approach to Climate Risk
Japan's central bank to offer zero-interest funds to FIs making loans and investments to tackle climate change.
