Asia Pacific
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Lower inflation should allow the Reserve Bank of India to cut rates within months – so long as the eurozone crisis doesn’t bring capital flight risks to the fore
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New guidelines will improve straight-through-processing for offshore renminbi.
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South Korea’s Hana Bank raised Bt10bn ($324.8m) in Thailand’s local bond market at the end of last week, moving closer to achieving its plan of raising more than $2bn from offshore markets this year.
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China has told its banks to roll over a huge number of loans, according to the FT, but the debt clock continues to tick – much more transparency is needed
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China's sovereign wealth fund's restatement that it won't invest in eurozone rescue funds shines a light on its investment preference: physical assets in Europe
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China has long taken heat for the slow development of its financial services industry. But the progress it has made in the early weeks of 2012 may be enough to silence critics – if it keeps up its momentum.
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Offshore renminbi liquidity is expected to stay tight despite the monetary authority’s relaxation on the amount of liquefiable assets held in the currency by Hong Kong banks, said Crédit Agricole.
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Top 3 Offshore RMB DCM Transactions - Last Year Rolling (Feb 8 2011 to Feb 7 2012)
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The Chinese renminbi does not appear to be heavily undervalued or appreciating too slowly when compared to other emerging currencies, says Baring Asset Management. -
The full convertibility of the Chinese currency is unlikely to occur within the next five years unless China adopts a free market approach to controlling its economy, say analysts.
