Asia Risk
S$1.5bn capital requirement no bar to incorporating Singapore retail operations
The attractions of Singapore’s retail market means MAS’s requirement for international banks to incorporate their local operations will be adhered to
Sponsored survey: Deutsche Bank X-trackers ETFs
Investors more aware of ETFs
Photogallery: ASEAN Risk 2012
Free-to-view photographs from the ASEAN Risk conference held in Singapore on May 28, 2012
Risk Japan: Bank of Japan concerned about wrong-way risk on banks’ cross-holdings
Helping banks by purchasing stock will create moral hazard, says Bank of Japan director-general
Asia Risk 2012 Technology Rankings are now live
Take part in our survey to find the top technology vendor for financial risk management and derivatives services in Asia.
How Asia is progressing towards OTC clearing deadline
The clock is ticking
FX Week China: CNH/CNY forward divergence threat has stabilised
A reversal of the spread between offshore deliverable forwards and onshore NDFs that caused pain for speculators last year is unlikely to recur, say economists
HKMA offers banks RMB repo facility
RMB repo facility established as part of continuing process to internationalise currency and deepen RMB markets
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Banks continue to ramp up in offshore RMB
Top-tier banks are continuing to invest in their offshore renminbi trading capabilities, despite the recent dip in Chinese growth and the challenge of persuading clients to use the new currency and boost liquidity
CIMB nabs Royal Bank of Scotland’s Asia Pac CRO
Malaysian bank beefs up its risk management capabilities with recruitment of RBS chief risk officer
Basel’s bitter pill – Aaron Woolner column
Basel’s bitter pill
On the move
On the move
Vietnam pushes bank consolidation to aid risk management
Control measures
Australia weighs up illiquidity premium for insurer liabilities
Premium progression
Stress testing with fully flexible causal inputs
Stress testing with fully flexible causal inputs
China abandons early adoption plan for Basel III
China Banking Regulatory Commission drops plans to implement Basel Committee timetable early because of eurozone and domestic growth fears
China’s QFII expansion heralds next step in liberalisation of market
China has taken a measured approach to opening up its domestic market but the decision last month to more than double the QFII quota available to foreign players was unprecedented in its size. Is there more to come?
Second generation volatility ETPs not hamstrung by contango
Second generation volatility products are a much better investment than their previous iteration, according to one hedge fund manager – but buyers previously burnt by this asset class may be tough to convince
Lack of local market-makers hampers the development of Asean ETFs
A reliance on external players is holding back the ETF sector in Malaysia and Indonesia
Asian trade finance at risk from Basel III
Paul Harrald of Standard Chartered tells Asean Risk 2012 conference that Asian banks providing trade finance services will struggle to meet Basel III rules on leverage ratios