Asia-Pacific News
The latest industry and regulatory news affecting the Asia-Pacific region.
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Joint trade association letter to APAC regulators on reciprocal business continuity plans
On 5 October 2020, FIA, joined AFMA, ASIFMA, IBA and ISDA, to submit a letter to the financial regulators in Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, and Singapore to request for reciprocal Business Continuity Plan (BCP) arrangements between jurisdictions.
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SGX's Bull Charge Charity Run goes virtual
SGX's virtual charity run will take place from October 30 to November 13 and is open to both local and international participants
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FIA paper on the necessity, path and related issues of opening the financial futures market
FIA greatly appreciates CFFEX’s interest in these critical topics that affect the global financial markets and the end-users who rely on derivatives products for price certainty and to hedge their risks. FIA strongly supports the regulatory recognition and deference model that has been the foundation of the futures industry for years. Identical rules, on a line-by-line basis, implemented globally across jurisdictions is impracticable.
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FIA urges market participants to prioritize data standardization
"Tag 1031" effort to resolve brokerage rate issues is an important example of industry-led solutions
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FIA and ASIFMA comment on draft Data Security Law of the People’s Republic of China
FIA along with the Asia Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association submitted comments on the Consultation Draft of the Data Security Law (DSL) to the Legislative Affairs Commission of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress.
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CCPs and FCMs in Asia Pacific discuss lessons learned from the crisis
Panelists discuss challenges created by high order volumes and trade backlogs during the peak of market volatility
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Resilience and adaptability: The key to meeting the new challenges for ETD markets in Asia-Pacific
CCPs and other industry leaders discussed what worked well, what could be improved, and what is needed to ensure the safety and security of APAC markets in the future.
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FIA releases midyear 2020 advocacy report
FIA is proud to be your voice and tireless advocate during these challenging times. This has been an extraordinary year like no other we have seen. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought an unprecedented health and economic crisis to our global community. Yet these uncertain times require us to rise to the occasion and meet these problems head-on with creative solutions and innovative ideas. FIA is energized to be your partner through these difficult days ahead.
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FIA and ISDA support the European Commission’s equivalence determination for financial benchmarks in Japan
ISDA and FIA sent a letter in support of the European Commission's draft equivalence decisions
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India unifies services supervision under new regulator
The IFSCA will unify supervision over all financial services in international financial services centres in the country
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