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  • Caught between two regulatory initiatives, many small banks are unsure about whether to embark on the long and costly journey of developing their own regulatory capital models.
  • Capital market participants tend to keep their heads below the political parapet. Brexit is one issue they must not ignore. It would sabotage the City’s leadership in financial services and be an assault on the fabric of global governance.
  • US-based index provider MSCI will exclude Hong Kong listed securities with a high ownership concentration from its Global Investable Market Indexes (GIMI), it said in a statement on Monday.
  • Equities is proving a tough business to get right in Asia, with yet more banks forced to cut staff in recent months. Barclays and CIMB are just the latest in a long line of casualties, and as the fee pool continues to shrink, industry insiders reckon that more pain is in store for the bit players, writes John Loh.
  • The Australian subsidiary of US asset manager Vanguard received an additional Rmb20bn ($3.03bn) quota from the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (Safe) on January 27, making the firm the second largest RMB qualified foreign institutional investor (RQFII) globally.
  • In this round-up, Chinese premier Li discussed RMB foreign exchange volatility with IMF's Lagarde, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank formally launched, a new A-shares exchange traded fund launched in Hong Kong, while a survey found Hong Kong retail investors fear RMB volatility most for 2016, and Tajikistan activated its currency swap line with China. Plus, a recap of GlobalRMB's top stories this week.