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Morgan Stanley bolsters China commodities business
Morgan Stanley has made a senior appointment in mainland China and received permission to trade agricultural products onshore in the country as part of the US investment bank’s efforts to grow its commodity business in the world’s second largest economy.
Commodities remain an attractive asset for hedge funds
Mining the money
Global carbon market gears up for 2011 climate talks
Global carbon market gears up for 2011 climate talks
Emerging markets
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China sets scene for credit derivatives
China gets credit
Chinese investors get access to international physically backed gold ETFs
Lion Fund Management has launched its first mutual fund after receiving a QDII license. Investing in gold-backed exchange-traded funds, the fund is the first of its kind in China.
China embraces credit derivatives
China’s first steps
Source offers investors ETF exposure to single Bric markets
Exchange-traded funds provider Source has launched three ETFs that provide exposure to MSCI emerging markets indexes for Brazil, China and India
Regulators moving closer to creating an Asian funds ‘passport’ regime
Asian regulators are increasingly warming to the concept of an Asian funds passport similar to the Ucits directive of the European Union. This might result in the region having its own cross-border fund vehicle enabling funds to be freely 'passported'…
Video: Hang Seng’s Andrew Fung optimistic on offshore RMB growth
Andrew Fung, head of treasury and investment at Hang Seng Bank in Hong Kong, believes the Hong Kong and Chinese governments should simplify procedures for offshore renminbi to be remitted to mainland China. This would increase the appeal of RMB bond…
Sophis acquisition to bring Asian buy-side benefits for Misys
Misys' acquisition of Sophis may create synergies in the Asia region
db x-trackers launches emerging markets ETFs
db x-trackers launches emerging markets ETFs
Thomson Reuters begins distributing Chinese CRMI data
Vendor overcomes regulatory obstacles to publish data on credit derivatives, is first to do so
Sponsored Q&A: Standard Bank
Building on lessons learned
Asia now the world's biggest regulated derivatives market, FIA says
Asia overtook North America as the biggest exchange-traded derivatives market for the first time during the first half of the year. And the exchange derivatives market may continue growing after the Dodd-Frank Act and other regulatory reforms, market…
Asia Risk awards 2010: House of the year, China
Asia Risk awards 2010: House of the year, China
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
Analysts hit back at currency war claims
Further Plaza II-type agreement is unlikely, however, and only weak "peer pressure" applied to currency problems, says Barclays Young
Lookback: Bidding farewell to sovereign crisis
Investors are now more interested in market fundamentals rather than the potential for further bad news about European sovereigns, according to Barclays Capital's fourth quarter outlook
HKMA offers guidance on synthetic ETFs
HKMA offers guidance on synthetic ETFs
US wrap: HSBC focuses on single emerging market exposure
As issuance volumes increase, HSBC products offer access to Chinese and Brazilian equities.
Turning Points: Jing Ulrich, JP Morgan's managing director and chairman of China equities and commodities
Turning Points: Jing Ulrich, JP Morgan's managing director and chairman of China equities and commodities
Citi opens China desks overseas following Chinese companies' expansion
Citi opens hedging desks in Johannesburg, London, Sao Paolo and New York to help Chinese multinationals with hedging, cash management, trade and treasury services and lending activities
Growth in Bric nations may not help global economy
Growth in Bric nations may not help global economy