Regulatory News Wrap for Asia
Wednesday, 2026-09-09 · covering the last 24h
India
SEBI
No new circulars, press releases, consultation papers or board decisions this window. The promised consultation paper on revising the CAS-linked derivatives settlement-price methodology (flagged in SEBI's 3 September press release) has not yet been published; expect it shortly given SEBI's own one-week timeline. SEBI circulars
Exchanges (NSE/BSE)
No material NSE or BSE circulars this window beyond routine settlement-calendar notices.
RBI, IFSCA & other
IFSCA consolidates insider-trading and market-manipulation rules into a single Market Abuse framework for GIFT City. The IFSCA (Prohibition of Market Abuse in Securities Markets) Regulations, 2026, gazetted 5 September and reported this week, bring insider trading and fraudulent/manipulative trade practices under one regulation for the IFSC, replacing the SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015 and SEBI (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices) Regulations, 2003 that had applied there by reference. The rules define "connected person," "insider," "material non-public information" and "mule account," restrict communication of MNPI to legitimate/duty-bound purposes, and expressly prohibit price/benchmark manipulation, artificial demand, circular trading and spoofing (repeated order placement and cancellation with no intent to execute). IFSCA can warn, censure, or suspend or cancel a regulated entity's registration for violations. In force from the date of gazette publication. IFSCA (Prohibition of Market Abuse in Securities Markets) Regulations, 2026
IFSCA gives credit rating agencies more flexibility to withdraw ratings. A circular dated 8 September (Ref. IFSCA-CMIR/1/2026-CMIR), issued to all IFSC-registered CRAs and recognised stock exchanges, amends paragraph 18.2 of the Master Circular for Credit Rating Agencies in the IFSC to permit withdrawal in additional situations set out in a CRA's own board-approved policy, not only the previously enumerated circumstances. The change follows the IFSCA (Capital Market Intermediaries) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2026, and takes effect immediately. Master Circular for Credit Rating Agencies in the IFSC (as amended)
No new FEMA/FPI, settlement or payment-system rule-making circulars from RBI this window.
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
Otherwise 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.