Hong Kong
Work needed to ensure regulations mesh, says SFC’s Alder
Further international co-ordination is needed if the G-20 deadline for central clearing of standardised OTC derivatives is to be met, says new SFC chief executive
Video: Schroders HK chief bullish on development of offshore RMB bond market
Lieven Debruyne, chief executive of Schroder Investment Management (Hong Kong), is eyeing up opportunities in the dim sum bond market
Scoach brings after-hours trading to Hong Kong investors
Market participants in Hong Kong can now trade after hours on the Scoach platform in Germany, where issuers can also list Hong Kong dollar-denominated products
Regulators plan co-ops as answer to OTC fragmentation
CLS Bank-style regulatory council could be applied to trade repositories and CCPs to avert market fragmentation, but French regulators are not convinced
Photogallery: Asia Risk Congress 2011
A free-to-view gallery of photographs from the annual Asia Risk conference held in the Four Seasons hotel in Hong Kong on October 25, 2011
Hong Kong to start OTC derivatives clearing and reporting in January 2013 – HKMA's Lau
Hong Kong will “tentatively” introduce centralised clearing and reporting for OTC derivatives in January 2013, said Edmond Lau, HKMA executive director, at the Isda Asia-Pacific Conference 2011
Asia Risk Congress 2011: Offshore renminbi bonds held back by illiquidity in longer tenors
Investors and issuers remain concerned about China's capital account liberalisation programme, and their ability to hedge longer-term risk
China gives boost to 'dim sum' bonds
A taste for dim sum
Vontobel on the right platform
On the right platform
JP Morgan makes changes to Asia fixed income team as Bulchandani bows out
JP Morgan has made senior sales and trading appointments within its Asia fixed income team. Pranav Thakur will lead fixed income trading for Asia ex-Japan, while Sudhir Goel is named head of fixed income sales and structuring for Asia ex-Japan, replacing…
BlackRock names McCombe as Asia-Pacific chairman; Fung named as CEO of HSBC Hong Kong
BlackRock has hired HSBC veteran Mark McCombe to succeed Rohit Bhagat as chairman of Asia-Pacific. Anita Fung, most recently head of global banking and markets for the Asia-Pacific, named chief executive of HSBC in Hong Kong
Hong Kong regulator moves to authorise renminbi products under RQFII
Hong Kong regulatory platform ready to approve RQFII products; China’s central bank says priority to be given to Hong Kong-based subsidiaries of mainland banks and fund managers
Structured Products Asia 2011: FX-linked products to grow in Hong Kong
Currency-linked structures likely to become more popular in Hong Kong with retail investors. But take-up of volatility products is still muted despite erratic markets due to concerns about complexity, panellists say
Structured Products Asia 2011: ‘Copy and paste’ KFS not good enough, says SFC’s Law
SFC policy director says some product issuers still provide inadequate key facts statements
A flying start for offshore renminbi but equity structures in short supply
Offshore appreciation
Promontory hires Newman and Gould to lead greater China office
Frank Newman, former US Treasury deputy secretary, and Ronald Gould, ex-UK FSA senior adviser, join the consultancy's China operations
Special report: Foreign exchange
Asian currencies on the rise
Renminbi internationalisation poses potentially fatal risks
Restraining the risks
Editorial: Protecting privacy
Regulators have not produced a new code for private banking and wealth management. They have simply allowed new rules for retail products to creep into the wealth space
Structured Products: Asia Report
Structured Products: Asia Report
HSBC Global Asset Management appoints new Asia CIO
Bill Maldonado, who was a derivatives portfolio manager in the 1990s, is transferring from London to become chief investment officer for HSBC Global Asset Management in Asia
US still has no plans to give Asian sovereigns Dodd-Frank exemption, says Hong Kong regulator
Asian countries are concerned about the lack of Dodd-Frank Act CCP exemptions for sovereigns; proliferation of CCPs carries its own risks, say dealers
BNP Paribas names Hawley as Asia fixed-income head as Foch takes global role
BNP Paribas is relocating its head of fixed income for the Americas, Bob Hawley, to Asia to take over from incumbent Henri Foch, who will move to London as global deputy head of fixed income in London