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Reserve Bank of India eases liquidity ratio requirements
Central bank looks to relax India's twin track liquidity rules
Foreign activity in India forex futures remains low
RBI considers further action to encourage overseas firms to use India's OTC and listed markets
Break in Nikkei/yen correlation drives hedge fund activity
Nikkei lag to recent yen depreciation attracts hedge funds back to Japan
'Umbrella revolution' drives 33% spike in Hong Kong vol
Volatility spikes from 15 to 20 points after pro-democracy protests
Credit Suisse offloads $40bn global CDS portfolio
Similar sized deal involving Asia names set to follow
Low volatility boosts discrete knock-out sales Asia-wide
Target redemption forwards declining in popularity for macro reasons
Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan to set up booking hubs in Asia
Bank of America and Citi likely to be in the second wave of banks
Copper premium swap launch due for Shanghai free trade zone
Shanghai Clearing House product launch a global first
Singapore op risk charge many times greater than Solvency II
Increased capital charges for equity and credit spread risk are fine
China commodity finance costs spike after Qingdao fraud
Rising costs and delays in issuing letters of credit deterring SMEs
Taiwan allows onshore trading of foreign derivatives
Authorities take further steps to bring $300bn of overseas traded securities onshore
Aussie firms use derivatives to build hidden M&A positions
Lack of disclosure in stake-building process raises questions
Prime brokers set to increase revenues from stock connect
Market divided over whether long-only mangers can access China via the initiative
Murex wins Asia Risk 2014 technology rankings
Regulation remains a driver of technological change
Taiwan fixing could fragment offshore renminbi liquidity
CNT fixing will be a boon for Taiwan’s derivatives market
Huge spike in China-related derivative and ETF volumes
China A50 futures and ETF inflows rise following HK Shanghai stock connect
Basis risk drives volumes onto Shanghai iron ore swap debut
SCH volumes one third of SGX's after two weeks of trading
Second Asia structured product multi-dealer platform to launch
Vontobel looks to replicate the success of its European platform in Asia
Slow start to ASX Australian dollar OTC derivative clearing
Exchange CEO hopeful of gaining volumes
Battle commences to become China benchmark index
Unclear which Chinese equity index derivative and ETF players will use
Taiwan insurers turn to foreign bonds after rule change
Relaxation of foreign asset classification drives increase in demand
China options market faces margin and settlement challenges
China exchange developing technique to reduce margin requirements
Market ready if CFTC mandates Aussie IRS clearing
Rumours in Australian market that US will expand its clearing mandate
European investors look at Asia credit repacks say dealers
Interest rate moves in Europe mean China credits look attractive