Asia Risk
Profile: Swiss Re's Raj Singh
Predicitng the unthinkable
A dynamic model for leveraged funds
Guido Giese derives a model for the performance and Sharpe ratio of leveraged and inverse index funds that follow a dynamic leveraged trading strategy, that is, they are rebalanced on a daily basis to ensure a constant degree of leverage with respect to…
Prime broking in Asia finds new equilibrium
Primed for business
Global regulation may stifle Australian economic growth
The right medicine?
Fixed income gains interest in Australia
Gaining interest
Stricter supervision in South Korea
Stricter supervision
Financial firms enter commodities arena
High stakes
Asia Risk corporate rankings 2010
Leaders of recovery
Australian inflation market boosted by linker issuance
Linker limitations
Derivatives scrutiny increases as global standardisation progresses
The importance of operations
Asian supervisors look to central clearing
Clearing the way
Korea opens up licensing
The move by the Financial Services Commission will bring some additional clarity to the tricky business of obtaining licences in the country
Hong Kong and Malaysia to offer common bond settlement system
The move to accept securities issued in both countries is the first serious effort to develop common settlement since Asean +3 governments called for such a move in 2003
HK structured product providers warm to 'cooling off' period
The Securities and Futures Commission's new rules will force dealers to offer secondary pricing and give investors a five-day option to back out of longer-dated trades
Highland Capital boss slams shorting restrictions for exacerbating volatility
Credit fund veteran Mark Okada says Bafin restrictions on short selling have increased market volatility
Korean securities firms seek new technology to offer complex products
Hyundai Securities' technology deal with Sophis may be the start of a trend as Korean firms build their structured products capabilities
Korean risk premiums exceed Thailand, ‘raised long term'
Tensions on the Korean peninsula mean CDS prices are likely to stay high for some time, analysts say
Instinet: HKEx needs to break clearing and settlement monopoly
Instinet's Asia chief executive Glenn Lesko says Hong Kong needs to open up clearing and settlement to allow competing exchanges to operate