Regulatory News Wrap for Asia

Thursday, 2026-09-24 · covering the last 24h

India

SEBI

No new circulars, press releases or consultation papers this window. The board meets today, Thursday 24 September, on its previously flagged agenda — a PMS regulatory overhaul, debt-market reforms and a common advertisement code — with outcomes not yet published as of this edition.

Five Adani group companies settle SEBI disclosure and audit-lapse proceedings for ₹1.51 crore. An SEBI adjudicating officer settled proceedings against Adani Enterprises, Adani Total Gas, AWL Agri Business, Adani Green Energy and Adani Energy Solutions, stemming from the 2023 Hindenburg-linked examination into related-party-transaction disclosure gaps and limited-review/audit reports signed by a firm without a valid peer-review certificate. The companies paid a combined ₹1.51 crore without admitting or denying the findings; terms were recommended by SEBI's High Powered Advisory Committee in June and accepted by the Panel of Whole Time Members on 13 August. Order dated 22 September. Settlement order

Exchanges (NSE/BSE)

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

RBI, IFSCA & other

No new FEMA/FPI, settlement or payment-system rule-making circulars from RBI, and nothing from IFSCA, this window.

Rest of Asia — Developed Markets

Hong Kong — SFC: The SFC unveiled a Strategic Action Plan implementing the government's First Five-Year Plan and 2026 Policy Address, targeting a yuan trading counter in southbound Stock Connect by July 2027, a new "REIT Connect" mutual-access channel, and a first-half-2027 consultation on consolidating overlapping prospectus and listing-rule disclosure requirements. The Standard

Singapore — SGX RegCo: SGX RegCo finalised Mainboard and Catalist rule amendments requiring listed issuers to disclose remuneration KPIs for executive directors and officers, publish a dividend policy, and maintain an investor-relations policy with a record of shareholder-engagement activity in their annual reports. The requirements apply to financial years starting on or after 1 January 2027, following an April–May consultation. FX News Group

A quiet window otherwise for Japan (JFSA, JPX/TSE, BoJ), Australia (ASIC, ASX, RBA) and New Zealand (FMA, NZX, RBNZ) — no other material new regulatory or market-structure announcements.

Rest of Asia — Emerging Markets

Quiet: no new circulars, board decisions or central-bank rulemaking from China (CSRC, SSE/SZSE, Stock Connect, PBoC), 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.