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Banks offer combined reinsurance and hedging solution to Japan VA providers...
Following risk management failures in the financial crisis, Japanese variable annuity providers’ new VA offerings include conservative investment objectives and sophisticated hedging strategies, combined...
The deadline for meeting the CPSS-Iosco Principles for Financial Markets Infrastructures is approaching fast but without a central body to co-ordinate their efforts, regulators and clearing houses in Asia...
Unable to hedge out the duration mismatch on their legacy guarantees, Korean insurers are turning to yield enhancement products in order to balance their life books
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Asia dealers question applicability of CVA to region’s markets
The credit valuation adjustment aspect of the Basel III accord will come into force in six months’ time but the absence of instruments in Asia markets to hedge this risk has caused complaints from dealers that it’s not relevant to the region
Indian corporates turn to forex options
A precipitous fall in the value of the rupee combined with a restrictive regulatory framework for forex hedging has prompted Indian corporates to pile into the options market
Renminbi liberalisation opens up hedging opportunities
The RMB is liberalising at a greater pace now than at any time in the past and despite a slowdown in growth, mainland authorities are pushing ahead with currency reforms
China prepares for automated renminbi trade settlement
The launch of an automated process for cross-border trade settlement in renminbi is a reflection of the growing interest among importers and exporters to settle in the currency. Asia Risk asks how much progress has been made so far, and talks to those...
Data challenge for Asia’s disparate derivatives markets
Despite Asia’s rapid capital market development in recent years there are still large gaps in the data sets required to power banks’ Basel III models – but firms in the region are rising to meet this challenge
Outsourced or in-house: banks weigh up solutions for liquidity risk...
Driven by changes to global banking regulations such as Basel III, technology vendors are touting new solutions for liquidity risk management. But are Asian banks biting?
Regulators focus on LEIs in derivatives reporting push
Industry and regulators have made progress towards an ambitious global system of unique identifiers that could help avert future crises – but there is still a lot to debate, and time is running out
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