Articles by Karen Lai
Banks urge Singapore to relax exposure limit on crypto assets
Lower capital for tokenisation and stablecoins welcomed, but cap will curb bank involvement for now
Clearing members want more from HKEX on collateral rates
The CCP has cut handling fees on posted margin, but is still paying members less than global peers
Asian banks may need to step up Hormuz-related credit provisions
Regional banks were slow to respond in the first quarter, but the crisis isn’t going away quickly
Contract negotiation tops tech sovereignty for banks in Asia
Regulatory pressure is rising, but industry still focused on service agreements with third parties
Banks in Asia turn to integrated third-party risk units
Regional and global firms create centres of excellence bridging first and second lines
Asian banks close out energy clients as Iran war bites
Firms with short jet fuel positions faced losses up to $100 million as initial margin soared 566%
JSCC considers default fund consolidation
Japanese clearing house looks for efficiency gains amid expansion of clearing products and influx of international firms
CGB repo clearing is coming to Hong Kong … but not yet
Market wants at least five years to build infrastructure before regulators consider mandate
SGX fortifies its defences to ward off tomorrow’s outages
Exchange operator fosters “breach mentality” to help prepare for business disruption, explains risk chief
Hong Kong derivatives regime could drive more offshore booking
Industry warns new capital requirements for securities firms are higher than other jurisdictions
Compression eases capital, risk bottlenecks amid CNH swap boom
Dealers say multilateral compression for yuan cross-currency swaps can increase trading capacity
People: BNY taps Nasdaq CRO for enterprise risk, Hoornweg steers StanChart CIB solo, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
Global banks ‘hassled’ by China’s mystery data rules
Some firms left in the dark as new guidance on exporting data overseas is distributed bilaterally