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Companies merge cash management and foreign exchange to tackle risk
Cash management and foreign exchange were, until recently, two separate disciplines within the majority of corporates. Now, with pressure on capital levels and ongoing volatility in forex markets, companies...
The past six months have seen an explosion of interest in China ETFs – part of a broader trend of European and US investor appetite for Asia. And with emerging Asia set for both currency appreciation...
Local currency fixed-income ETFs have been in short supply – and low demand in Asia. But a combination of strong growth in domestic bond issuance and improving sovereign credit ratings may see this trend...
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China ETFs surge as offshore investors look to avoid QFII restrictions
China exchange-traded funds have experienced record levels of inflows in the last six months as international investors seek exposure to a market that has long been difficult to access, given the QFII restrictions
Volatility structurers turn to FX and rates as equity disappoints
Appetite for hedging equity exposure with structured products based on volatility shrank last year as confidence grew that markets will remain stable for the forseeable future. Now, bankers are looking beyond equity volatility to make returns
Perpetual sub debt from insurers appeals to investors
Insurers are tapping the Asia market to raise capital, with innovatively structured instruments. Investor appetite for this debt has enabled insurers to move from classical issuance structures to perpetual notes
Wrong-way risk, credit and funding
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Asia corporates unfairly ‘penalised’ by CVA capital charge
The move by European authorities to exempt European banks from holding CVA capital should be matched by regulators in Asia, according to senior bankers in the region
Editor's letter: Growth products back in vogue
After the prolonged period of uncertainty that followed in the wake of the financial crisis - particularly the damage inflicted by Lehman Brothers' late and ill-fated entry into the world of retail structured products - the headlines are at last starting...
The implications of Emir and Dodd-Frank for Asia’s CCPs
Prescriptions within Emir and Dodd-Frank over the use of third-country clearing houses could drive European and US players out of Asia derivative markets – with a potentially negative impact on liquidity
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