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  • HSBC plans to issue between $5bn-$7bn of additional tier one debt in the first half of this year, clearing the path for share buybacks in the second half. The bank is prevented by listing authority rules from issuing AT1 at the same time as running a buyback, meaning it delayed its issuance plans last year.
  • The Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) may adjust its profitability and share structure requirements for IPOs as technology-oriented listings come to the fore.
  • South Korea’s Ministry of Strategy and Finance (MOSF) has decided to suspend its plan to lower the threshold for capital gains tax on foreign shareholders of local stock.
  • Barclays has hired a new global head of electronic equities from Credit Suisse, following Stephen Dainton into the revamped UK firm, and signalling the importance of electronic execution.
  • Eva Zhong, who ran Credit Suisse’s equity-linked business in Asia, is rejoining Morgan Stanley to take up a senior equity capital markets role, sources close to the move said.
  • The viability of short volatility strategies in derivatives markets was dealt a severe blow this week, after a historic spike in equity volatility torpedoed popular exchange traded notes. Costas Mourselas reports.