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Ten months after its unusual regional retreat in equity capital markets and M&A, HSBC has had a good year in debt capital markets, suggesting its new strategy can work
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  • European corporates facing months of operational lockdown in the face of the coronavirus pandemic are turning to equity capital markets to secure their survival. But they need to be quick about it with markets so volatile, meaning banks are exploring how to get them in and out of the market without putting them through the long, arduous process of a rights issue.
  • Circuit breakers were triggered on stock exchanges across Asia this week as the coronavirus pandemic caused extreme volatility. But following the shocks, the effectiveness of circuit breakers has been called into question. Jonathan Breen reports.
  • A former joint head of the IPO vetting team in the Hong Kong Stock Exchange's listings department has been charged with bribery and misconduct while in office.
  • Short selling bans in several European countries have led to fears that regulators may move to shut down stock markets altogether if the turbulence caused by the spread of Covid-19 worsens further, but this would be a serious mistake.