Since Thailand's securities watchdog introduced a clampdown on sales promotions used by asset managers to boost fund sales, custodians have had a bigger role to play.
Zeng Huiyu is found guilty of insider dealing on New York listed stocks, while Andy Pau had assisted in share disposals via nominee accounts in his mother's, sister's and own name.
A private equity COO fears rule tightening is too broad-brush and will inflate costs, while a fund-of-hedge-fund COO says clarity is needed over new reporting requirements.
Sponsors in Asia will have to come up with more innovative ways to exit investments if they want to attract investors' capital to the region, industry players agree.
Jin Liqun, chairman of the supervisory board at the Chinese sovereign wealth fund, takes a sledgehammer to the excesses of US financial regulation at a conference in Mumbai.
The Bangkok-based Association of Investment Management Companies is optimistic about having a self-regulatory organisation in place by early next year, but some fund managers are sceptical.
Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand are working on harmonising regulations for an 'Asean Ucits' scheme, initially for ETFs, says Pravej Ongartsittigul of Thailand’s SEC.