Asia Risk/News
SG hires Asia strategists in credit and rates, and other recent job moves
Job changes in the derivatives, regulation and risk industry throughout Asia
China grants first cross-border OTC derivatives licence to Citic
Securities house becomes first onshore firm licensed to trade with offshore dealers
Fears of multi-billion dollar China ETF CGT bill misplaced
Tax treaties likely to save ETF providers from a swingeing retrospective bill
Variation margin calls drove China copper smelter insolvent
Ill-considered futures trade claims first victim of tighter post-Qingdao financing climate
RBI says India corporates need to increase forex hedging
Potential US rate rise puts rupee depreciation back on the table
Australian miners embrace options to hedge currency fall
Miners facing falling commodity prices and a depreciating Australian dollar
Malaysia close to becoming a clean netting jurisdiction
Banks will save hundreds of millions of dollars in risk-weighted assets
Trading error spooks China ETF options traders
Abnormally low premiums cause exchange to shut down, but market participants are unclear about the reason for the error
Australia corporates revisit FX hedging after dollar slide
Currency risk management is now a major focus for Aussie firms
Risk recycling issues stall China forex option market
Onshore corporates yet to take advantage of increased hedging options
Asset manager concern over Sifi label – Hong Kong SFC
Systemically important status seen as business threat by asset managers
Hong Kong increases bank capital levels on credit expansion fears
HKMA is first Asian regulator to implement Basel III counter-cyclical capital buffer
Taiwan-Japan stock connect to drive futures cross-listing
Taifex to launch risk management tools to support proposed link
Standard Chartered names DCM head, and other recent job moves
Job changes in the derivatives, regulation and risk industry throughout Asia
Indonesia export curbs help develop onshore derivative sector
ICDX aiming to take advantage of rule change to build local derivatives markets
Global banks look for profits in China ABS market
Regulatory change provides opportunity for international firms' structuring skills
India commodity exchange fights single CCP proposal
NCDEX finds itself in conflict with government clearing house proposals
China margin finance crackdown linked to equity option launch
CSRC looks for stock market stability ahead of country's first equity option launch
EBS makes first foray into futures with SGX tie-up
Global market infrastructure firms continue to focus on the Asian market
Disjointed OTC reforms 'could destroy Asia derivatives market'
Recent Iosco consultation paper aims to better co-ordinate global regulation
First multi-issuer structured product network goes live in Asia
Contineo initiative set to transform structured product sector
India to allow foreign firms on to commodity futures market
Indian regulators to allow overseas firms to access market but speculation ruled out
India poised to mandate rupee interest rate swap clearing
Market anticipates an impending regulatory mandate for rupee rates clearing
EC rejects pressure to speed up equivalence process
European Commission says third-country regulators prefer "legal certainty" to speed