Hong Kong
UK offers six-month margin reprieve for China netting sweep
Transition period falls short of Isda’s 18-month request, Hong Kong mulls similar relief
Dealers predict Swap Connect will boost China’s swaps market
Banks expect strong interest from clients wishing to trade instruments onshore via new access scheme
Capital-protected notes surge after US rate hikes
Higher cost of borrowing and equity selloffs revive old favourite of Asia’s structured products market
Lazard and Pimco profit from shorting Hong Kong dollar
Repeat interventions from HKMA fail to revive a currency under pressure from rising US rates
Asia moves: Citi and HSBC make senior hires, and more
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Asia moves: senior hires at Citi, Crédit Agricole and more
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Top 10 operational risks for 2022
The biggest op risks for the year ahead, as chosen by senior industry practitioners
Asia moves: senior hires at Standard Chartered, Barclays and more
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Top 10 op risks 2022: geopolitical risk takes centre stage
Ukraine invasion, western sanctions and Russian response seen driving big rise in cyber and supply chain risks
SEC outdoes Europe on hedge fund, private equity disclosures
US to ban preferential treatment and introduce quarterly performance updates in rule shake-up
Op risk data: Morgan Stanley, Capital One’s data breach double trouble
Also: Citi shells out $45m for misleading stock trading info; coding clangers cost Credit Suisse $9m. Data by ORX News
Asia moves: trio of senior hires at Wells Fargo and Haitong International, and more
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Asia moves: Trio of senior hires at Barclays, Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank, and more
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JP Morgan returns to HK warrants hit by China sanctions
US bank faces battle to rebuild client base on sanctioned securities, issuers say
The FRTB challenge: banks brace for further uncertainty
The widely anticipated implementation of the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) hit another obstacle when the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision pushed back the roll-out by another year to January 2023. With different jurisdictions…
Three more issuers look to enter HK warrants market
Sources say Citic, KIS and Huatai preparing to launch warrants and CBBCs on HKEX
Lack of quants dims chance of structured product boom in China
Quants in high demand as banks explore new products, and local rules call for onshore specialists
Asia moves: HSBC appoints new Apac head, Barclays hires country CEO for China, and more
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China, Turkey lead regulatory laggards on Basel III framework
Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Japan and Korea made no progress at all since May 2020
Asia moves: BIS appoints new chair for Asia council, VP Bank expands Asia leadership, and more
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Asia moves: LCH appoints new head of Asia, BNY Mellon picks treasury services chief, and more
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HSBC’s Asia RWAs up $22.9 billion in H1
Asia accounts for 47% of total RWAs as reallocation strategy gathers steam
Asia moves: HSBC makes raft of senior hires, Barclays appoints Singapore private banking head, and more
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UBS Asia-Pacific structuring head leaves bank
Felix Maratier to quit the industry and move to Spain