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Insurers poised to arbitrage Solvency II-compliant rivals in Asia
Insurance companies active in the Asia-Pacific region are closely studying their European rivals to exploit any regulatory arbitrage opportunities presented as European Union insurers move to adopt Solvency...
Taiwan and Malaysia have been at the heart of the latest developments in insurance-based structured products across the Asia-Pacific region. Activity has also increased in South Korea and Japan, while...
Maybank hired John Lee as its group chief risk officer this year in a bid to better embed risk management within the group at a time when Malaysia’s largest lender is rapidly expanding its businesses...
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Offshore renminbi structured notes for Singapore
DBS is the first financial institution to offer renminbi structured notes and unit trust to private banking clients in Singapore. The bank has also drawn up contingency plans to address the policy risk of Beijing changing its mind on the internationalisation...
Sharia-compliant products go from strength to strength
The global financial crisis may prove to be a blessing in disguise for Islamic structured products providers in Malaysia, as demand for low-risk, sharia-compliant products is outpacing demand for conventional structured products. Wietske Blees reports...
Transition Management Forum Asia 2011: Asian market crowded, say transition...
Transition managers question whether the number of them in the Asian market - 13 - is already too many.
Lee joins Maybank as group chief risk officer
John Lee has joined Maybank in Kuala Lumpur as group chief risk officer. Lee was previously a partner with KPMG Business Advisory in Malaysia, specialising in Islamic finance, and was the firm's global Islamic finance group co-ordinator. Lee has also...
New frontiers for Islamic finance
Exchange-traded fund volumes have grown dramatically in Asia in the past couple of years as investors have used them to access new markets and underlyings. Now Islamic ETFs are being readied to hit the market, including Ucits III-compliant funds.
OCBC Malaysia’s risk chief lauds obligor risk system
Choo Yee Kwan, chief risk officer for OCBC Malaysia, believes good risk management is all about being sensitive to the complementary roles of quantitative risk modelling and human discretion. Georgina Lee reports
Islamic finance deal of the year – Government of Malaysia
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