Monthly Market Monitoring: January 2019

The 2019 edition of FundGlobam Monthly Market Monitoring expands its coverage with 13 new jurisdictions, reaching a scope of 72 markets covered since Jan, the 1st, 2019:

Asia Pacific (APAC):
Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, and Taiwan

European Union (EU):
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK and the European Securities and Market Authority (ESMA)

European Economic Area (EEA):
Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway

Other Europe:
Andorra, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey, Monaco, San Marino and Switzerland

North America (NAM):
Canada Ontario and Quebec

Latin America (LAM):
Bahamas, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Panama, Peru and Uruguay

Middle East-Africa (MEA):
Bahrain, Dubai, Israel, Kuwait, Mauritius, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and South Africa

 

FundGlobam Monthly Market Monitoring January 2019 edition reported 37 relevant articles from a collection of 95 collected events.

Europe’s contribution is the most important share with a total of 64% collected events; 16,8% from Asia-Pacific, %; 10,5% from Middle East Africa and 8,4% from America.

Regulatory aspects have been highlighted principally in Denmark, Luxembourg, Hong Kong, Cayman Islands, Canada (Quebec), Mauritius, Oman, as well as regulatory changes provided by the European Securities and Market Authority (ESMA).

Statistics and data have been mainly published by Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, the UK, Switzerland, Macau, South Korea and Mexico.
Some news to be highlighted, inter alia:

  • MOU: Memorandum of Understanding entered into force between the Luxembourg CSSF and the Hong-Kong SFC, the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) and the German BaFin, the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) and the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), the Quebec Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), the bank of Mauritius (BoM) and the China Banking & Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC)
  • TAX: Denmark to lay out new and better tax rules making investment in equity-based investment companies more attractive
  • BREXIT: various Brexit and papers issued in the UK, in Jersey and in Luxembourg

 

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