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DBS hires former Deutsche Indonesia head
DBS has hired Deutsche Bank’s former Indonesia country head to run its institutional banking group in the southeast Asian country.
15 Oct 2019 -
The week in renminbi: US and China reach starter deal, schedules set for lifting foreign ownership rules, Macau mulls offshore renminbi Nasdaq
In this round-up, China and the United States emerged out of a two-day trade talk with a “phase one” deal, China’s securities regulator set dates for further opening up of onshore financial markets and the Monetary Authority of Macau plans to launch a Nasdaq-like stock exchange for the offshore renminbi market.
14 Oct 2019 -
SMBC hires loans veteran from ICBC
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp has hired Aaron Chow as a general manager in its investment banking department.
14 Oct 2019 -
China policy round-up: US and China begin crucial trade talk, finance ministry transfers more money into social security fund, state employees get new sanction rules
In this round-up, vice premier Liu He started a two-day negotiation in Washington DC, the Chinese Ministry of Finance transferred 10% of its stake in Bank of Communications into a state-run fund and the National People’s Congress released draft rules to regulate state employees’ public discourse.
11 Oct 2019 -
China market round-up: NBA steps into turmoil, Chinese FX reserves fall, UBS becomes GDR conversion institution
In this round-up, Mainland Chinese partners cut ties with the National Basketball Association (NBA) after disagreements surrounding the Hong Kong protests, China’s foreign currency reserves fell in September and UBS has received the green light to trade global depositary receipts through the Shanghai-London Stock Connect.
11 Oct 2019 -
Sebi unveils new guidelines for depository receipts
India’s securities regulator has published a detailed framework for the issuance of depository receipts (DRs), potentially giving the country's companies greater access to foreign capital.
11 Oct 2019 -
CMU is dead, long live the CMU
The branding may be on the way out, but there are plenty of reasons to be encouraged about the potential for real progress in the next phase of the Capital Markets Union.
10 Oct 2019 -
IMF urges ESG reform to unlock green bond investment
Regulators must tighten the rules and standardise definitions surrounding sustainable financial assets such as green bonds to attract demand from investors worried by greenwashing, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned.
10 Oct 2019 -
Prepare for local currency bounce with our machine learning, says rates veteran
Vinit Sahni, co-founder of fintech start-up Arkera and a former senior rates banker, says that his company will help bond buyers take advantage of, what he believes will be, an upturn in local currency bonds ahead of the US election.
10 Oct 2019 -
MSCI to add Star market stocks into China indices
Stocks listed on Shanghai’s new Star market could soon be included in MSCI’s index if they meet requirements, the index provider said on Wednesday.
10 Oct 2019
