*Hong Kong launches fintech sandbox
*SFC designates CCPs for OTC derivative transactions
*PBoC to rule China’s bond market
*Korea opens world’s first Fintech Open Platform
* Singapore promotes electronic payments
* RBI to alter corporate bond market regulations
* Indonesia launches portal to raise awareness of unregistered companies
*Korea to allow securities firms to raise more funds for corporate financing
*ASX opens RMB-denominated securities clearing
*HKMA promotes bank liquidity with new ratio
*Chongqing and Singapore to seal deals worth $1.6 bln under third X-border initiative
*Indonesia eyes CCP establishment for derivatives by 2018
*China eases FTZ investment rules
*Safe lifts time restrictions on converting renminbi
*Malaysia and Australia combine for fintech
*Malaysia introduces new method for USD/MYR spot fixing
*FASB announces accounting rule update
Bank Indonesia adopts new interest rate framework; Malaysia opens up to P2P lending for corporates; PBoC sets repatriation rules for interbank bond and FX markets; Safe may cut inbound foreign investment quota; New ...