Regulatory News Wrap for Asia
Wednesday, 2026-08-12 · covering the last ~24 hours
India
SEBI
The Securities Appellate Tribunal heard Zee and Punit Goenka's urgent plea against SEBI's market-access bar today, with a ruling on interim relief still awaited as of publication. Zee and its CEO are challenging SEBI's 31 July order over the alleged pledge of Zee's Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad property as loan security for Essel Group entities, which bars Goenka from the securities market for 12 months (₹58 lakh penalty) and restrains Zee for two months (₹30 lakh penalty), with promoter Subhash Chandra separately barred for 12 months and fined ₹60 lakh. Counsel had sought a stay on the restrictions and clearance to proceed with Zee's proposed ₹3,143.5 crore preferential warrant issue to Sunbright Mauritius Investments pending the outcome; we will confirm the tribunal's order once published. Business Standard
Reminder: the comment window on the draft Portfolio Managers Regulations, 2026 — covering PMS overseas investing, a dedicated MF-only PMS framework and simplified compliance — closes tomorrow, Thursday 13 August. No other new material SEBI circulars, press releases or consultation papers this window.
Exchanges (NSE/BSE)
NSE launched cash-settled futures and options on the Nifty India FPI 150 Index today, its newest index-derivatives product for foreign portfolio investors. SEBI cleared the contracts — three serial monthly futures and options cycles, expiring the last Tuesday of the month — on the index that tracks the 150 Nifty 500 constituents most accessible to FPIs by six-month average foreign-investible free float; it is aimed at giving overseas investors an on-exchange hedging and diversification tool tied to their own investable universe. India Infoline
Separately, a retail-trader-led "No Trade Day" social-media campaign called for a boycott of trading today in protest at the Closing Auction Session (CAS), which replaced the 30-minute VWAP closing-price mechanism for F&O-eligible stocks on 3 August; organisers say the call-auction method disadvantages traders holding positions into the close. This is an unofficial, trader-organised protest, not an exchange or SEBI action, and NSE/BSE have made no operational changes in response. Business Today
RBI, IFSCA & other
No new material RBI or IFSCA items this window. The comment window on RBI's draft Foreign Exchange Management (Foreign Investment) Rules, 2026 remains open until 31 August.
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.
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) or Malaysia (SC, Bursa) this window. In the Philippines, the Court of Appeals challenge by PSE broker-directors Eddie Gobing and Ma. Vivian Yuchengco against the SEC's 10-year broker-director term-limit rule (Memorandum Circular No. 17-2026) remains pending, with no new filings or hearing date reported since SEC Chairman Francis Lim's weekend defence of the rule.
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.