Regulatory News Wrap for Asia

Thursday, 2026-08-27 · 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 held no VRRR auction on 26 August, breaking the recent daily run. 26 August was a settlement holiday for Id-e-Milad, so the central bank skipped its Variable Rate Reverse Repo auction under the LAF that day — the first gap after three consecutive under-subscribed rounds on 24 and 25 August. It has since notified an overnight VRRR auction for 27 August, sized at ₹2,00,000 crore, for reversal on 28 August, resuming routine liquidity-absorption operations. RBI press releases

No new items from the MPC or IFSCA this window. The draft FEMA (Foreign Investment) Rules, 2026 comment window closes 31 August — four days away.

Rest of Asia — Developed Markets

A quiet window: no material new regulatory or market-structure announcements from Japan (JFSA, JPX/TSE, BoJ), Hong Kong (SFC, HKEX, HKMA), Singapore (MAS, SGX RegCo) or Australia (ASIC, ASX, RBA) this window.

Rest of Asia — Emerging Markets

Thailand — BoT: The Monetary Policy Committee voted unanimously (7–0) to hold the one-day repurchase rate at 1.00%, the lowest level since September 2022 and the third straight meeting on hold. The Committee said the current rate remains appropriate to support the economic recovery, with 2026–27 growth tracking broadly in line with its prior forecast on stronger exports and AI/tech-linked private investment, even as household consumption stays subdued. Bank of Thailand

Elsewhere, 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, CBC), 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.