Regulatory News Wrap for Asia

Tuesday, 2026-08-18 · covering the last ~24 hours

India

SEBI

SEBI opened its multi-day Symposium on Cyber Defence in Mumbai, with Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey pressing regulated entities to treat post-quantum cryptography as a present-day migration programme rather than future research. Running 17–21 August with delegates from 15 IOSCO jurisdictions, the symposium combines classroom sessions, tabletop exercises and live simulation on a Cyber Range platform; Pandey said entities should compile a "cryptographic bill of materials" to identify where post-quantum gaps exist before migrating. No new circular accompanied the remarks — this is direction-setting ahead of a future framework, not a rule change. ANI

No new circulars, consultation papers or board decisions this window. The Accredited Investor consultation paper (comments due 3 September) and the Zee/Goenka SAT matter are unchanged since Monday's edition.

Exchanges (NSE/BSE)

No new material NSE or BSE circulars this window beyond routine settlement-calendar and surveillance notices.

RBI, IFSCA & other

No new material RBI or IFSCA items this window; RBI's overnight and 7-day VRRR auctions on 17 August were routine liquidity operations at an unchanged cut-off. The comment window on the draft FEMA (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, HKMA), Japan (JFSA, JPX/TSE, BoJ), Singapore (MAS, SGX RegCo) or Australia (ASIC, ASX, RBA) this window.

Rest of Asia — Emerging Markets

A quiet window: no new circulars or structural rule changes from China (CSRC, SSE/SZSE, Stock Connect, PBoC), South Korea (FSC/FSS, KRX, BoK), Taiwan (FSC, TWSE/TPEx), Thailand (SEC, SET), Indonesia (OJK, IDX), Malaysia (SC, Bursa) or the Philippines (SEC, PSE) this window.

Informational only — summaries of public regulatory and central bank sources; not advice.