Regulatory News Wrap for Asia

Friday, 2026-08-21 · covering the last ~24 hours

India

SEBI

No new circulars, consultation papers, press releases or board decisions this window. The closing-auction-session manipulation order against Copthall Mauritius and Mansi Share & Stock Broking (reported here yesterday) and the Accredited Investor consultation paper (comments due 3 September) are unchanged.

Exchanges (NSE/BSE)

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

RBI, IFSCA & other

RBI's overnight VRRR auctions draw ₹1,91,000 crore in bids against ₹1,50,000 crore notified. Across two overnight Variable Rate Reverse Repo auctions on 20 August, banks parked the full notified amount at a weighted average cut-off of 5.24%, with demand well above the amount on offer as system liquidity stayed in surplus. RBI has a further 3-day VRRR auction for ₹1,50,000 crore scheduled for 21 August — routine liquidity-absorption operations, not a policy signal. RBI press releases

No new items from the MPC this window — Wednesday's August meeting minutes were covered here yesterday. The draft FEMA (Foreign Investment) Rules, 2026 comment window remains open until 31 August. No new IFSCA items.

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 — yesterday's asset-management hub package is unchanged) or Australia (ASIC, ASX, RBA) this window.

Rest of Asia — Emerging Markets

China — PBoC: The PBoC held the Loan Prime Rate unchanged at its 20 August fixing — the 1-year LPR at 3.00% and the 5-year-plus LPR (the benchmark for mortgages) at 3.50% — the 15th consecutive month without a change to either rate. PBoC LPR announcement

Elsewhere, a quiet window: no new circulars or structural rule changes from South Korea (FSC/FSS, KRX, BoK), Taiwan (FSC, TWSE/TPEx, CBC), Thailand (SEC, SET, BoT), Indonesia (OJK, IDX, BI), Malaysia (SC, Bursa, BNM) or the Philippines (SEC, PSE, BSP) this window.

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