Regulatory News Wrap for Asia

Thursday, 2026-08-06 · covering the last ~24 hours

India

SEBI

No new material SEBI circulars, press releases or consultation papers this window. No update to the Zee Entertainment/Subhash Chandra/Punit Goenka debarment order; the company has said it is taking legal advice while maintaining the ban does not affect its shareholder-approved ₹2,300 crore capital raise. The comment window on the draft Portfolio Managers Regulations, 2026 remains open until 13 August.

Exchanges (NSE/BSE)

No new material NSE or BSE circulars this window beyond routine settlement-calendar, new-listing and surveillance notices. Category I (F&O-eligible) stocks completed a fourth live day of the Closing Auction Session on 6 August, with no operational issues reported since the 3 August go-live.

RBI, IFSCA & other

The RBI's Monetary Policy Committee unanimously held the repo rate at 5.25% on 5 August, maintaining its neutral stance. Governor Sanjay Malhotra said the MPC would stay guided by headline inflation rather than lean dovish or hawkish; the committee raised its FY27 GDP growth projection to 6.7% (from 6.6%) and trimmed its CPI inflation forecast to 5% (from 5.1%), while flagging that inflation is expected to peak in Q3 FY27 on food and fuel prices before moderating. No direct equity-market or FPI measures accompanied the decision. The comment window on RBI's draft Foreign Exchange Management (Foreign Investment) Rules, 2026 remains open until 31 August. No new IFSCA circulars or consultation papers bearing on equities this window. Business Standard

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) or Australia (ASIC, ASX) this window, beyond the SFC-CSRC cooperation package and HKEX's China Government Bond Futures launch already reported earlier this week.

Rest of Asia — Emerging Markets

A quiet window: no new circulars or structural rule changes from China (CSRC, SSE/SZSE, Stock Connect), South Korea (FSC/FSS, KRX), Taiwan (FSC, TWSE/TPEx), Thailand (SEC, SET), Indonesia (OJK, IDX), Malaysia (SC, Bursa) or the Philippines (SEC, PSE) this window. South Korea's single-stock leveraged ETF/ETN cash-only deposit rule remains in effect since 5 August, with the next phase-in step (barring substitute securities as collateral more broadly) still expected around 19 August.

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.