Regulatory News Wrap for Asia
Thursday, 2026-07-30 · covering the last ~24 hours
India
SEBI
No material new SEBI circulars, press releases or consultation papers on trading, derivatives or settlement mechanics this window. The comment window on the draft Portfolio Managers Regulations, 2026 (wider overseas-investment universe, unhedged derivatives, new mutual-fund-only PMS category) stays open until 13 August 2026.
Exchanges (NSE/BSE)
No new material NSE or BSE circulars this window beyond routine settlement-calendar, new-listing and surveillance (ASM/ESM/GSM) notices. The Closing Auction Session go-live for F&O-eligible stocks is now four trading days out, on 3 August.
RBI, IFSCA & other
No material RBI items specific to equity markets or FPIs this window. No new IFSCA circulars or consultation papers bearing on equities.
Rest of Asia — Developed Markets
A quiet window: no material new regulatory or market-structure announcements from Hong Kong (SFC, HKEX), Japan (JFSA, JPX/TSE), Singapore (MAS, SGX RegCo), Australia (ASIC, ASX) or New Zealand (FMA, NZX) this window.
Rest of Asia — Emerging Markets
South Korea: KOSPI and KOSDAQ triggered marketwide circuit breakers for a second straight session on Wednesday — a first in KOSPI's history — prompting an emergency government meeting and a fresh package of curbs on single-stock leveraged ETFs. The KOSDAQ halted first at 12:19pm local time after falling 8.05% to 649.00; the KOSPI followed at 12:32pm, down 8.15% intraday to 5,532.33, before paring losses to close down 5.98% at 5,663.24. The two-day rout has erased roughly 864.5 trillion won in market value and puts July on course to be KOSPI's worst month on record. The immediate trigger was SK Hynix's record but consensus-missing Q2 results (HBM4 shipments ran below expectations), which sent the stock down as much as 20% intraday before it closed off 9.6%. Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol convened an emergency meeting Wednesday evening with the Bank of Korea governor, FSC chairman and FSS governor; the government afterward pledged to cap an individual's holdings of single-stock leveraged ETFs at 20% of total investment assets, raise trading costs on the products, add mandatory simulated-trading training, and draft legal authority for emergency market-stabilisation powers modelled partly on Hong Kong's framework. This comes on top of the previously announced deposit increase (to 30 million won) taking effect Friday, 31 July. Korea Times on the circuit breaker, Korea Times on the ETF cap
Elsewhere in the region, a quiet window: no new circulars or structural rule changes from China (CSRC, SSE/SZSE, Stock Connect), Taiwan (FSC, TWSE/TPEx), Thailand (SEC, SET), Indonesia (OJK, IDX), Malaysia (SC, Bursa) or the Philippines (SEC, PSE) this window. The CSRC's review of quantitative and AI-driven trading oversight remains at the symposium stage, with no draft rule published yet.
Industry & broker notes
Nothing distinct from freely available broker/industry commentary this window beyond the items above.
Informational only — summaries of public regulatory sources; not advice.