Asia top story
Asia Risk interdealer rankings 2014: The winners
SocGen and Icap victorious in the bank and broker categories respectively
Market hits back at Hong Kong plans to bar retail access to dark pools
SFC proposals to keep retail investors on the lit market come under fire
Korea clearing structure in question after HanMag trading error
Korea trading snafu casts doubt on KRX's default fund structure
HSBC deregisters Asian arm as a swap dealer due to lack of US person trades
Unlikely that any Japan or Australia banks will follow suit
Iosco secretary-general slams US and Europe as 'regulatory sharks'
Global securities regulator says both entities need to take a longer-term view
G-Sifis must improve their use of risk data – SFC
Hong Kong securities regulator wants systemically important banks to improve their ERM
CBOE to extend US Vix trading to Asia hours
Extension may lead to greater range of Asia-specific volatility products
Shanghai Clearing House becomes fifth in Asia to start OTC clearing
First CNY interest rate swaps cleared in China
Basel III likely to create further consolidation in Kazakh banking sector
The Kazakhstan central bank's intention to begin implementing Basel III from 2015 is likely to speed up the banking sector's current consolidation phase
Oil majors step up commodity derivatives market making in Asia as banks cut back
Handicapped by tighter regulations, banks have ceded derivative market-making share to oil majors such as BP and Shell
Clarification needed on CCP close-out netting in India
Current netting statutes only apply to clearing members and not the CCP itself
China metal repo business included in Deutsche Bank commodity cuts
Former commodity heavyweight has also closed its successful metals financing business as part of global restructuring
Japan dealers stop back-loading to CCPs due to de minimis uncertainty
CFTC rule potentially captures legacy trades novated to CCPs
SGX becomes first Asian firm to be designated a derivatives clearing organisation
CFTC ruling comes a week after it granted qualified substituted compliance to three Asian regulatory regimes
Australia to receive go-ahead for CFTC substituted compliance
Australian market will broadly be able to follow domestic rules to comply with Dodd-Frank
Japan and Korea investors regain appetite for European equity-linked structures
European underlyings make up 70% of non-Japan uridashi issuance in 2013
Australia dealers face Sef time zone issues
CFTC rule poses clearing challenges for dealers whose markets close before clearing operations in London open
Forward views: Senior Asia dealers give 2014 outlook
Forward views: Senior Asia dealers give 2014 outlook
Mandatory clearing in Korea slated for June 2014
Korea confident of achieving recognition from Europe and is readying to apply for similar status from the US
Japan FSA relaxed about spike in JGB liquidity swap trades
No regulatory focus on emerging Japan liquidity swaps market
Sefs cause two-tier market as Asia OTC liquidity splits
Divide and rule
Bank of England calls for greater transparency on CCP margin modelling
CCPs should have complete transparency on risk to prevent margin-related failures
Asia Risk Congress: BIS points to Asia example as evidence new LCR not 'relaxed'
Asian regulators' partial recognition of Level 2B assets justifies revised Basel liquidity approach
Isda – understanding the impact of Emir/Dodd-Frank protocols on Asia
Europe and the US have launched a number of initiatives as part of their drive to regulate the OTC derivatives markets. Jacqueline Low from the International Swaps and Derivatives Association explains how the organisation has responded with a series of…