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  • The Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEx) plans to extend renminbi settlement operational hours for the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect in April 2016 in a bid to solve the outstanding settlement issues, a senior officer told GlobalRMB at the sidelines of event to celebrate the schemes’ one year anniversary.
  • Commentary around the one year anniversary of the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect seems pretty unanimous in suggesting the scheme has failed to achieve its goals. However, if one looks at past Chinese experiments in capital account liberalisation, the Stock Connect’s early performance should neither surprise nor disappoint.
  • Eastspring Investments, the Asian asset management arm of Prudential, has added four people to its equity team in Hong Kong as it looks to expand resources across a number of investment strategies.
  • London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) and India’s Yes Bank have signed a memorandum of understanding to work together on bond and equity issuance, with a special focus on green infrastructure finance.
  • Korea Exchange (KRX) is looking to introduce a market maker system to boost trading in stocks with low liquidity, while also bringing in measures to prevent large losses caused by erroneous trades.
  • After a four month ban, IPOs are back on the table in China. But it appears some lessons have been learnt, with the rules being tweaked to prevent a repeat of this summer’s sell-off. The changes will ensure a less volatile secondary market and sets the stage for the country to adopt a market-driven regime for A-share listings next year, writes John Loh.