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ADB prices first offshore supranational renminbi bond in Hong Kong
The Asian Development Bank can swap the renminbi bond into floating interest rates, subject to market conditions
Icap appoints Iain Torrens as group finance director
Iain Torrens to move to Icap as group finance director
McCabe to head client structuring at Lloyds TSB
Phil McCabe moves from RBS to Lloyds TSB to lead structuring team
Standard Chartered snares Alan Koh as global head of energy sales
Morgan Stanley veteran Alan Koh has joined Standard Chartered as global head of energy in Singapore
ICFA talks Target2- Securities with the ECB
Jean-Michel Godeffroy, chairman of the T2S programme board at the European Central Bank, talks through the future of the settlement platform with Melanie White of ICFA Magazine
State Street launches new service to streamline processing of ETFs
State street launches ETF streamline service
Low volatility favours accelerated plans
UK investors have recently been offered emerging markets as an underlying, a commodity fund and no capital protection as providers have been able to structure some attractive payoffs
Liquid CDSs mean cheaper debt, Fitch research finds
Study shows strong correlation between CDS liquidity and yields on sovereign debt
New dynamic risk measure launched
Tool can capture the time evolution of market risk for energy and commodity-linked positions
Energy Risk Asia 2010 conference
With global regulation changes causing market concern and businesses tipped to move to Asia seen by analysts as a beacon of supply and demand growth, this year's Energy Risk Asia conference in Singapore couldn’t have come at a better time
New State Street index measures fragility of US equity markets
State Street launches index measuring elasticity of US equity markets
Upturn predicted for physical energy trading
Trade flow likely to move to physical markets due to new derivatives rules, experts say
State Street promotes Anderson to CIO of fixed income
State Street promotes Anderson to CIO of fixed income
RBS treats German investors to emerging markets structured notes
RBS offers the exotic to German investors
More offshore renminbi currency pairs to go electronic
Icap plans to launch electronic cash trading for offshore renminbi against yen, Hong Kong dollars and euros within weeks to support its renminbi/ US dollar initiative.
HSBC names Legg as new Asia CFO
UK bank unveils former derivatives and financial control executive as its new chief financial officer for the Asia-Pacific region
Harewood launches commodity certificate to meet demand for diversification
Harewood Solutions has launched a commodity certificate linked to the BNP Paribas Oscillator commodities index.
Singapore court dismisses investor claims against Standard Chartered over Lehman notes
A claim against Standard Chartered Bank in Singapore has been dismissed by a local court. The lawsuit was based on Lehman Brothers structured products bought from from American Express Bank, which Standard Chartered acquired in 2008.
CFTC starts swap execution facility regulation discussions
US regulator is working on registration procedures, as well as market abuse codes, says CFTC CIO Rogers
EU member states still at loggerheads over AIFM
Alternative investment fund managers directive postponed due to "absence of an agreement"
Google price index gets analysts’ thumbs-up
Commentators praise the innovation underlying Google price index; despite limitations, index could work as a CPI subset
Video: Trayport MD on OTC markets moving to Asia
Elliott Piggott, managing director at technology provider Trayport, speaks to Lianna Brinded about why he sees the over-the-counter derivatives market moving to Asia
Pre-trade price transparency in IRS satisfactory – Isda survey
Current levels of pre-trade price transparency in interest rate swaps (IRS) are acceptable, according to an end-user survey conducted by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association.
Energy markets are top EU priority says EC's Lowe
As Europe's energy risk managers outline their regulatory risk concerns, the European Commission's Philip Lowe looks to reassure the market