Asia Risk
Delivering on FX
Banks in the Asia-Pacific region are ramping up their proprietary electronic foreign exchange platforms in an attempt to capture a bigger slice of Asia’s burgeoning forex business. How is the shake-up in the market progressing?
A natural progression?
The widescale demand for catastrophe bonds in Asia has been heralded for many years now. But outside Japan and to a lesser extent Taiwan, overall penetration of catastrophe insurance in Asia remains low. Is this all about to change?
Hedging risks rethink
Sharp moves in foreign exchange currency pairs during the past 18 months have resulted in institutional investors reappraising their currency risks and hedging techniques. Some investors are using new instruments to better match their liquidity profiles…
Solvency sanctuary?
Asian insurance companies have sat up and paid attention to their solvency ratios during the past two years like never before. This has led to unprecedented levels of derivatives take-up. But will this conversion to derivatives last?
Sharia-compliant tahawwut master agreement arrives finally
Isda and IIFM unveil sharia-compliant hedging master agreement for Islamic derivatives
India woos foreign investment with CDM project reforms
Government to push through more CDM projects
Life settlement funds hit Asia
Life settlement fund market set for growth as Asian institutions show interest
Structurers call on SFC not to remove ‘safe harbour’ rules
Providers fear collapse in private placement volumes and shift of business to Singapore
Sponsored statement: Finding safe harbour
As regional banks cautiously develop currency markets and sovereign risk threatens global market stability, Société Générale explains why going back to basics is a sound strategy