Articles by Georgina Lee
Prime broking in Asia finds new equilibrium
Primed for business
Australian inflation market boosted by linker issuance
Linker limitations
Hong Kong and Malaysia to offer common bond settlement system
The move to accept securities issued in both countries is the first serious effort to develop common settlement since Asean +3 governments called for such a move in 2003
HK structured product providers warm to 'cooling off' period
The Securities and Futures Commission's new rules will force dealers to offer secondary pricing and give investors a five-day option to back out of longer-dated trades
Highland Capital boss slams shorting restrictions for exacerbating volatility
Credit fund veteran Mark Okada says Bafin restrictions on short selling have increased market volatility
Instinet: HKEx needs to break clearing and settlement monopoly
Instinet's Asia chief executive Glenn Lesko says Hong Kong needs to open up clearing and settlement to allow competing exchanges to operate
China readies for launch of onshore CDS
Financial risk management tools seen as essential for Chinese bank development
After the storm
Asian airlines and other heavy users of fuels received a sharp lesson about the risks associated with their hedges after fuel prices peaked in 2008 and then collapsed during a six-month period. How have they moved to improve their risk management…
Australia infrastructure changes may reduce role of PPP as inflation payers
Private sector calls on Australian government to underwrite payments for PPP projects
Metal mania
China is the world’s fastest-growing consumer of base metals and its appetite for raw materials has resulted in a staggering growth in onshore listed derivatives. But its relevance to the institutional markets is still limited. Georgina Lee reports
China readies for launch of onshore CDS
Financial risk management tools seen as essential for Chinese bank development
Structurers plead with Hong Kong SFC to retain ‘safe harbour’ rules
Providers of structured products fear a collapse in private placement volumes and a shift of business to Singapore following a proposal from Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission to remove rules that ease offering requirements. Georgina Lee…
Renminbi realignment
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority is staking its claim to become the de facto offshore settlement centre for renminbi amid expectations the Chinese currency will one day usurp the greenback as the dominant medium of exchange in the region. But there are…
Beware the ‘small print’ in transitions, says Moore at Russell Investments
Transition managers can fall through the cracks in regulation, says investment consultant’s Asia-Pacific chief
Asset owners increasingly switch on to transition risk issues
Financial crisis has been a ‘brutal awakening’ for Asian asset owners, say panel members at transition management event
Shanghai exchange launches China's first index futures
Investors in Chinese stocks have been given more flexibility, with the launch of the country's first stock futures and a rule-change allowing short-selling of cash shares.