Summary of Amendments to the Guidelines on the Registration of Bond Pricing Agencies
The Securities Commission Malaysia issued revised Guidelines on the Registration of Bond Pricing Agencies on 19 December 2022 to align with the rollout of the Electronic Application System (EASy). The amendments reposition Chapter 3 to Chapter 4 and update submission procedures to facilitate online form submissions for greater operational efficiency. Additionally, the regulator implemented housekeeping changes, including replacing 'key personnel' with 'senior management' and standardizing terminology to ensure clarity and consistency.
In conjunction with the rollout of the Electronic Application System (EASy) to registered persons, the Guidelines have been revised to facilitate changes
in processes and submission of online forms under EASy for greater operational efficiency.
Housekeeping amendments throughout the Guidelines to provide greater clarity and consistency. These amendments include stylistic or formatting
changes and necessary changes of an editorial nature such as renumbering and rephrasing of certain requirements and contents, standardisation of
terminology, updating of information, grammatical corrections, and alphabetical order.
B. Amendment Highlights
No. Prior to 19 December 2022 Revised Version dated
19 December 2022 Comments
Chapter 2: Registration Criteria
Paragraph 2.1(h)(i) Paragraph 2.1(h)(i) Replaced the term ’key personnel’ with ‘senior management’ to
ensure consistency.
Chapter 4: Submission Procedure
Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Repositioned to Chapter 4 and amended the title to ‘Submission
Procedure’.
Paragraph 3.0 Paragraphs 4.1-4.13 Amended to include provisions consequential to the
implementation of EASy.