Posts By Regulation Asia
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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.
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Asia-Pacific
Japan FSA Consults to Boost Social Bonds
Regulator aims to promote issuance of social bonds by private sector, but prevent ‘social washing’.
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News
Supervisors Must Step up Action on Biodiversity Loss – WWF
Report calls for capital requirements to be hiked to reflect exposure to sectors detrimental to nature.
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Asia-Pacific
HK Launches Centre for Green and Sustainable Finance
New centre to serve as a cross-sector platform to coordinate transition efforts and repository for resources, data and analytics.
