Asia Regulatory and Policy Committee Content

On 1 July 2021, the European Commission ("the Commission") published a report ("the Report") on the Central Securities Depositaries Regulation (CSDR). As outlined below, the Commission has identified where further action may be required to achieve the CSDR's objectives in a more...

Attached for your review is ICI's draft response to the CFA Institute's Exposure Draft on ESG Disclosure Standards for Investment Products, which incorporates member input on a previous draft. Please provide your comments to Annette Capretta at acapretta@ici.org by 5:00 pm ET on July...

On 29 June 2021, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) issued the Circular to management companies of SFC-authorised unit trusts and mutual funds - ESG funds (Circular). The Circular supersedes the 2019 Circular on Green or ESG funds and enhances the scope and...

Last week, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) issued its Consultation Report (Report) seeking comments on policy proposals to enhance money market fund resilience, including with respect to the appropriate structure of the sector and of underlying short-term funding markets. The...

The next meeting of the ICI Global Regulated Funds Committee - Asia will take place virtually on Thursday, 29 July from 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Hong Kong/Shanghai/Singapore time. Please register for the meeting through this Cvent link - https://cvent.me/vwYbeo. You will be provided...

We are pleased to inform you that the next meeting of the ICI Global Asia Regulated Funds Committee will take place virtually on Thursday, 29 July from 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Hong Kong/Shanghai/Singapore time. A draft agenda and meeting registration information will be sent shortly.

As we previously informed you, on June 3, 2021, President Biden signed a new Executive Order Addressing the Threat from Securities Investments that Finance Certain Companies of the People's Republic of China (EO) and the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) published a number of...

As recently discussed, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) issued a consultation soliciting feedback on which contracts and financial instruments it should permit to use synthetic LIBOR rates after those rates can no longer be used under their current calculation methodology. The...

On June 3, 2021, President Biden signed a new Executive Order Addressing the Threat from Securities Investments that Finance Certain Companies of the People's Republic of China (EO) and the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) published a number of new FAQs and updated others...

On 22 April 2021, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA)[1] has released for consultation[2] its draft Prudential Practice Guide CPG 229 Climate Change Financial Risks ("draft CPG 229"), outlining voluntary prudential practices for APRA-regulated institutions, including...