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Asia Risk awards 2010: Energy/Commodities derivatives House of the year
Asia Risk awards 2010: Energy/Commodities derivatives House of the year
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
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
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.
End-users rush into hedging oil prices
End-users are ploughing into hedging their oil positions, as prices remain in a tight range, says Standard Chartered Bank’s head of energy and environmental research
Asia Risk institutional rankings 2010
Real returns
Best in China
Structured Products Asia Awards 2010
Best in India
Structured Products Asia Awards 2010
Bond investors bullish on sub-Saharan Africa
Debt investors are looking to sub-Saharan Africa, where strong demand for commodities is propelling high growth.
Barnes bows out of RBS
Royal Bank of Scotland suffers two senior departures in its foreign exchange business
RMB-denominated OTC derivatives poised to take off in Hong Kong
The renminbi deliverable forwards market has hit at least $28 million during the first month of trading following an agreement in July between the the PBOC and HKMA that enabled Hong Kong to act as an offshore centre for the Chinese currency.
Standard Chartered hires Arnold to head South-east Asia financial market sales
David Arnold joins Standard Chartered in Singapore from BNP Paribas in Hong Kong.
Standard Chartered names Oswald as global head of fixed-income research
The UK-based bank has named an emerging markets specialist with a strong quantitative pedigree to run global fixed-income research
Asia Risk 15: A steep learning curve for interest rate derivatives
Asia’s interest rate markets have matured significantly during the past 15 years and now offer a full array of onshore and offshore hedging and investment options to end-users. Georgina Lee reports
China's gold market liberalisation may boost derivatives take-up
China's new guidelines for developing the gold market could result in more gold derivatives in the country.
Banks scramble to offer renminbi products as Hong Kong gains offshore interbank status
Creation of offshore renminbi interbank market in Hong Kong is seen as boon for new investor products
Nomura boosts New York leveraged finance team
Normura Securities North America appoints Julie Persily and Steven Seltzer as co-heads of leveraged finance and Alexis Lasser as head of private capital markets, Americas.
Deutsche Bank and Standard Chartered issue lower tier 2 paper
Lower tier 2 issues from Deutsche Bank and Standard Chartered in June proved that demand is there for subordinated paper from financial institutions.
Where there’s a will…
Living wills have quickly emerged as a new measure to ensure banks are better prepared for the next crisis. But clear definitions of exactly what information they should contain and how they should be drawn are lacking
Asia Risk commodity derivatives rankings 2010
Goldman takes the commodity derivatives crown
People power
Andrew Cherriman, head of operational risk management for wholesale banking at Standard Chartered Bank in Singapore, says his ability to rely on expert staff is the key to operating a sound risk management system across the bank’s many jurisdictions. He…
StanChart's Cherriman harnesses people power
Andrew Cherriman, head of operational risk management for wholesale banking at Standard Chartered Bank in Singapore, says his ability to rely on expert staff is the key to operating a sound risk management system across the bank’s many jurisdictions.