Asia Risk
CFTC extends no-action relief for reporting of Asian counterparties
Masking of counterparty name extended to June 30, 2014
Editorial: Growing pains
Editorial: Growing pains
Iosco letter to EC ‘strongly recommends’ PFMI standards for non-EU CCP recognition
International frameworks for CCPs should be the primary source of jurisdictional equivalence assessments, according to Iosco's Alder.
MAS benchmark proposals may reduce number of players in SGD market
MAS proposal on financial benchmark setting aims to hold banks more accountable by imposing criminal and civil punishment
Structural barrier to HFT participation in Asia OTC markets
Barriers include a lack of finalised rules and technology for scalable operations
Indian corporates count forex losses from rupee depreciation
Living on the hedge
Asia Risk commodity rankings 2013
Asia Risk commodity rankings 2013
Increased activity in coking coal spot trade raises hopes of a swaps market
The stalled coking coal swaps market may benefit from increasing spot coking coal trade, with more players reportedly belatedly switching over to shorter-term pricing contracts
Risk China: PBoC needs to 'adhere to stability' in managing liquidity risk
China central bank "blind" to potential capital market reaction in its attempts to clamp down on the shadow banking sector
Standardised global regulatory approach creates concentration risk
Current regulatory approach makes further financial crises as "certain as the amen in the church"
Lack of local currency OIS markets problematic for Asia banks
The move towards OIS discounting is proving difficult enough for banks in US and European markets but firms in Asia are facing the added difficulty of a dealing with multiple currencies
Basis risk in palm oil market after Indonesia growth
Guessing game
Indian accounting rules shield corporates from forex losses
Despite sharp falls in the value of the rupee and large dollar-denominated loan exposures, Indian corporates are not feeling the effect on their balance sheets
Asia Risk awards open for submissions
The only Asia-based publication which covers derivatives and risk management is taking submissions for its 14th annual awards
ASX and LCH battle for Australian clearing market
Two's a crowd?
Exchange-traded funds come of age
Sponsored survey: Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management
OTC clearing presents HFT opportunity in Asia
Over-the-counter clearing to present greater access and profitability to high-frequency trading firms as electronic trading of OTC products gets under way in Asia
Taiwan renminbi bond market unattractive to international investors
Low yields and lack of liquidity are keeping international investors away from the Taiwanese baodao market
US dealers stop trading to avoid breaching China privacy laws
Questions over the ability to report OTC derivatives transactions to trade repositories mean some US dealers have stopped trading with each other
Asian CCPs left to apply ‘in the dark’ for Esma recognition
Asian CCPs under pressure from EU third-country equivalence/recognition deadline squeeze
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Citi loses pan-Asian head of equity derivative and convertible sales
Nick Smith appointed as replacement
Asian firms not likely to be compliant with cross-border Dodd-Frank on July 12
Many financial institutions in Asia would not be in a position to comply with Dodd-Frank cross-border applications should the CFTC’s exemptive order expire on schedule on July 12