Worldwide: Finance and Banking

The regimes differ in terms of specific validation rules and action types, even though field names may be similar in some cases.

Launching a new product today is trickier than it's ever been.

On 16 August 2024, The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Exchange") released a consultation paper to seek market feedback on proposals that would further expand the paperless listing regime.

Chinese companies continue strategically deploying capital overseas.

Case clarifies actions taken by AFS Licensees may constitute 'reasonable steps'.

Guidance from experienced corporate and commercial lawyers from the start of a business relationship can prove beneficial in more ways than one.

A wind farm in rural Rajasthan, a solar powered cold storage unit in rural Bihar, and a women-led microenterprise in Odisha are all bold ideas but struggle to get funded.

ASIC is keeping a close eye on social media influencers especially where they suspect they are breaching of Corporations Act.

Issuing a financial product is a financial service and, therefore, would seem to require the issuer to hold an AFSL.

In recent years, India has been steadily reshaping its financial regulatory landscape in banking, debt markets, overseas investment, digital finance and asset recovery.

On 6 January 2025, the National Financial Regulatory Administration ("NFRA") issued the Administrative Measures on Margin Requirements for Non-centrally Cleared Derivatives Transactions of Financial Institutions (hereinafter referred to as the "Measures").

The Indian financial system is anchored by two major intermediaries: traditional banks and Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs). While banks operate under the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, NBFCs are companies registered under the Companies Act, 1956, which primarily engage in lending, investments, and other financial services which are governed by Chapter III B of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.