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On the move
On the move
StanChart’s global head of Ficc departs
Remy Klammers has left Standard Chartered and is understood to be starting his own business
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Best in India
SOR headache for Singapore banks as rates enter negative territory; MAS defends stance
Profits at banks in Singapore issuing mortgages and loans based on SOR may be severely dented as the rate turned negative for the first time last week and is predicted to remain this way in the medium term
Offshore CNY deliverable forwards in Hong Kong to outgrow NDFs
Rising offshore renminbi interbank rates in Hong Kong have made its deliverable forwards market the cheapest forum compared with NDFs and onshore forwards for corporates to hedge, bankers say
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People moves across Asia
Asia Risk institutional derivatives rankings 2011
Asian assets decouple
StanChart bests the rest for coporates derivatives in Asia
The standard bearer
Hong Kong seeks to create ‘fixing’ rate for offshore renminbi; move will bolster derivatives market
Hong Kong's efforts to create an offshore renminbi fixing rate are viewed as strategically important for the development of the offshore renminbi, with such a benchmark essential for the growth of CNH derivatives, say market experts
Collars make a comeback for Asian fuel hedging
Collar comeback
Japan’s nuclear woes alter dynamics for Asian commodity derivatives
Nuclear woes fuel coal
Small Asian companies exposed to commodity derivatives margin calls
Meeting the calls
Push for lower Tier II capital fund raising prior to window closing
Investment banks are urging financial institution clients to issue old-style lower Tier II capital before the window closes on January 1, 2013, when the full force of Basel III capital rules come into effect.
Singapore efforts to become RMB offshore centre bolstered by bond funds
Barclays Capital and UOB Asset Management issue the first renminbi-denominated bond funds in Singapore for retail investors. RBS believes Singapore has the potential to be the second major offshore renminbi centre after Hong Kong
Asian regulators get tough on liquidity ring-fencing
Ring-fencing liquidity
China gives the go-ahead to forex options and cross-currency swaps
Hedging gains currency
Japan disaster has broad impact across asset classes
Race to de-risk
Offshore renminbi structured notes for Singapore
Offshore renminbi structured notes for Singapore
Sponsored webinar: Thinking holistically – the benefits of enterprise risk management
Thinking holistically – the benefits of enterprise risk management
China and HK central banks close to finalising new CNH clearing arrangement
Market participants are close to completing the legal and operational details relating to a new custodian account arrangement that would allow the city's participating banks in offshore renminbi to take credit risk against the People's Bank of China…