China
China hints at broader scope with netting law name change
Central bank reportedly behind name change as derivatives rise up political agenda
China, Turkey lead regulatory laggards on Basel III framework
Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Japan and Korea made no progress at all since May 2020
Bond hedging: China must be bolder
Opening access to bond futures market for foreigners could give big boost to China govvies market
Collateral manager of the year: BNY Mellon
Asia Risk Awards 2021
RMB house of the year: Standard Chartered
Asia Risk Awards 2021
Securities house of the year: Guotai Junan International
Asia Risk Awards 2021
Market-maker of the year: Haitong International
Asia Risk Awards 2021
China’s first global multi-asset index embedding ESG criteria
China Minsheng Bank explores its joint initiative alongside Societe Generale – the Minsheng multi-asset ESG global allocation index – and its objective to provide investors across several regions with balanced returns from assets with ESG criteria…
House of the year, Hong Kong: Crédit Agricole
Asia Risk Awards 2021
House of the year, China: Citic Securities
Asia Risk Awards 2021
Level 3 assets at global systemic banks down 36% since 2014
Hard-to-value holdings down sharply over the past six years, but pandemic threw spanner in the works at some banks
Renminbi splurge lifts BNPP, MSIM in Q1 options data
Counterparty Radar: Morgan Stanley IM is largest options user, following series of huge renminbi calls
New China data law threatens KYC efforts
Local banks will need permission to export any data that could end up in the hands of foreign law enforcement bodies
IM phases five and six collide as buy side delays readiness
More than 1,000 segregated accounts for uncleared margin may still need to be opened post-deadline
Asia moves: HSBC makes raft of senior hires, Barclays appoints Singapore private banking head, and more
Latest job news across the industry
China netting law drives interest in CSAs
Steady growth in contracts with CSAs suggests confidence that clean netting is near
The limits of a softly-softly approach on climate in China
Asset managers must put pressure on the companies they invest in
Chinese exporters urged to ramp up US dollar hedges
Dealers join China’s Safe in sounding alarm at mounting unhedged FX exposures
BlackRock faces an early climate change test in China
The firm is the main Western investor in three of the worst emitters. It has yet to change their ways
Putting automations on autopilot – Getting the most from RPA programmes
Over the past two years, robotic process automation (RPA) has taken the energy industry by storm. As organisations are forced to do more with less, tools that allow companies to gain efficiencies, reduce cost and improve performance are critical
Quant grad conveyor belt stalls as banks retrench
Jobs market is long quant graduates, short vacancies – but hiring freeze shows signs of thawing
Tighter RMB rates basis brings new hedging opportunities
Increasing alignment between CNH and CNY benchmarks opens door to more cross-currency hedging by foreign lenders
ESG derivatives – From equity to fixed income and beyond
In a Risk.net webinar convened in association with Eurex, panellists discuss the rising demand for and their own experiences of using and developing ESG derivatives, their views on future developments and the challenges of growing the market