Regulatory News Wrap for Asia
Tuesday, 2026-08-25 · covering the last ~24 hours
India
SEBI
No new circulars, consultation papers, press releases or board decisions this window. The Online Bond Platform Provider advertisement-code consultation paper (comments due 11 September) 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 24 August VRRR auctions both clear well below their notified size. The 7-day Variable Rate Reverse Repo auction (notified ₹2,50,000 crore) drew bids of only ₹91,980 crore, all accepted at a 5.24% cut-off and weighted average rate, for reversal on 31 August. A same-day overnight VRRR auction (notified ₹1,50,000 crore) drew just ₹49,206 crore, also accepted in full at 5.24%, for reversal on 25 August. Both are routine liquidity-absorption operations under the LAF, not a policy signal, but the thin coverage — roughly a third of the amount on offer in each case — contrasts with the oversubscribed overnight rounds seen the previous week. RBI press releases
No new items from the MPC or IFSCA this window; the draft FEMA (Foreign Investment) Rules, 2026 comment window remains open until 31 August.
Rest of Asia — Developed Markets
Hong Kong: The SFC revoked the licence of Ernest Chan Tsz Kin, a former responsible officer of Keptain Securities and Asset Management, and banned him from the industry for 10 years (24 August 2026 to 23 August 2036), for window-dressing the firm's liquid capital and submitting false or misleading information across 15 financial returns between 2016 and 2018. FX News Group
Elsewhere, a quiet window: no material new regulatory or market-structure announcements from Japan (JFSA, JPX/TSE, BoJ), Singapore (MAS, SGX RegCo) or Australia (ASIC, ASX, RBA) this window.
Rest of Asia — Emerging Markets
China — PBoC: The PBoC announced a CNY500 billion, 1-year Medium-term Lending Facility operation for 25 August, conducted by fixed quantity with interest-rate bidding and multi-price allotment. With CNY600 billion of MLF maturing this month, the operation nets to a CNY100 billion liquidity withdrawal — the first net monthly MLF contraction in four months. PBoC
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.