Asia Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association (Asifma)
China bond futures to be relaunched in Hong Kong
Products expected to be back on HKSE next year – six years after being suspended
Nikkei faces hurdles in EU benchmark registration
Brexit confusion forces Japan index provider to look beyond UK
Mifid fuels Asian equities e-trading surge
Firms with European clients find low-touch channels help to prove best execution
South Korea prepares for EU benchmark equivalence
New regulatory framework aims to allow European firms to continue using local benchmarks
Asian administrators in denial on EU benchmarks regulation
Non-EU benchmarks have until 2020 to comply, but swaps contracts may need to change immediately
Singapore to miss out on first wave of Mifid equivalence
New Esma guidance could still allow EU firms to trade Singapore stocks
Mifid II research unbundling hits Japan’s asset managers
Japanese and European investors may face different payment models for investment research
Holes in the net: lawyers split over China netting opinions
Law firms are offering close-out netting opinions, but not everyone agrees it is possible
Brexit will hit equivalence decisions, warns Iosco chair
Asia may face harder negotiations with EU as result of Brexit
Iosco, Asifma urge early global co-operation on future rules
Joining forces early on would create more cohesive regulation
Asifma: OTC extraterritoriality to boost Asia's capital markets
Asifma CEO, Mark Austen, says the resultant Asia regulator co-operation will have long-term benefits
Disjointed OTC reforms 'could destroy Asia derivatives market'
Recent Iosco consultation paper aims to better co-ordinate global regulation
Westpac appoints two in Hong Kong, and other recent job moves
Steven Yu and Alex Tam join Australian bank
Initial margin to significantly impact development of Asian derivatives markets: Asifma
Asifma head Austen wants exclusion of initial margin from Asian jurisdictions’ derivatives market regulation
Singapore's absence from CFTC substituted compliance regime creates uncertainty
Treatment of Singapore-based branches of US firms unclear
Extraterritorial EU legislation likely to be ‘particularly onerous’ on Asia – Asifma
Extraterritorial aspects of European legislation such as Emir likely to be keenly felt by Asian firms, says Asifma
Lack of co-ordination of bank resolution regimes behind subsidiarisation push
Asia still behind on global rules forcing subsidiarisation of foreign banks in the region
Repo markets in Asia set to grow on the back of Basel III
Don't fear the repo