Articles by Harry Thompson
China's smoke signal
World leaders will congregate in Copenhagen next month in a bid to thrash out a replacement to the Kyoto protocol for climate change. While the outcome is still far from clear, new policy stances from Asian nations are already having a fundamental effect
Bucking the trend
Ranjit Ajit Singh, managing director of the Securities Commission of Malaysia and Iosco chairman, is a rarity among financial supervisors: he favours market deregulation and the use of more risk management tools such as derivatives. Harry Thompson reports
Capital changes
Financial supervisors have reaffirmed the importance of common equity and disclosed reserves in Tier I capital. But the direction of discussions on hybrids in Tier I and the relative importance of Tier II is causing concerns in Asia. Harry Thompson…
Treasury tech trials
The financial crisis has created some important challenges for the treasury operations of Asia's leading corporations. What are the lessons learned from the crisis? And how can corporates improve their treasury technology functions? By Harry Thompson
Banks sign agreement to buy back Lehman minibonds
SFC, HKMA agreement is set to buy back Lehman minibonds, but market is feeling wary