Indonesia
Indian insurance regulator adopts industry software for product vetting
The Indian insurance regulator is ramping up its product approval process, after adopting the same pricing software as its insurers – and the signs are that more Asian regulators may follow this trailblazer.
‘US monetary policy is abnormal and deviant’: Steve Hanke profile
Steve Hanke profile
Standard & Poor’s Civets index looks for growth beyond the Brics
Standard & Poor’s has launched the S&P Civets 60 index, designed to track stocks in non-Bric emerging markets
Maybank CRO talks about his group's Asean aspirations
Asean aspiration
LNG supplies for EU could be diverted to Japan
European LNG supplies could be under threat as they become vulnerable to diversion into Japan
Equity structuring resurfaces as Japanese investors hunt for yield
Japan has emerged as a fertile market for equity funds and now a structured equity fund has also caught the eye of Japanese investors hungry for yield in a low-interest environment.
Solid growth expected for Asian coal markets
Robust stock levels
Central banks move to bolster liquidity in Islamic paper
Eleven central banks and monetary authorities are teaming up with Islamic multilateral organisations in an effort to bolster supply of highly rated, short-term Islamic paper through an entity called the International Islamic Liquidity Management Corp…
It's hard to argue that Indonesia is a better credit than Spain
Indonesia: better than Spain?
RBS treats German investors to emerging markets structured notes
RBS offers the exotic to German investors
Indosat $650m bond success augurs well for Indonesia issuers
A $650 million bond from Indonesian telco Indosat, issued last month, was a record 16 times oversubscribed. What was it about the deal that attracted investors in such numbers?
Hub hubbub
New rules coming into force in many jurisdictions in Asia are challenging the ability of global financial institutions to operate a hub-and-spoke business model for their derivatives businesses. By Jacqueline Low, Jing Gu and Keith Noyes
Legally unbound
Foreign banks have been on the sharp end of district court decisions in Jakarta this year annulling derivatives contracts they had struck with Indonesian exporters. The development raises questions about the sanctity of contract, the Indonesian judicial
Paper company slams Bank Danamon with $95m foreign exchange lawsuit
Major Indonesian derivatives distributor turns to central bank for assistance
Asian banks face hedging threat
Hong Kong - The Basel II bank capital adequacy accord could stop Asia's banks from hedging risk, resulting in their being shut out of the global banking system entirely, says Paul Sheehan, Hong Kong-based co-head of Asian bank research at US investment…