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In this round-up, MSCI is set to give a boost to China A-shares again at the end of the month, CPI inflation accelerated to the fastest pace in seven years and the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) has decided to allow unprofitable companies to list on the ChiNext board.

In this round-up, the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) sold Rmb30bn ($4.3bn) of central bank bills in Hong Kong, China’s foreign reserves grew slightly and the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) took an important step to improving foreign participation in its Star market.

In this round-up, China hinted at de-escalating tariffs as phase-one trade deal nears, Chinese president Xi Jinping assured foreign investors of the country’s determination to open up and the Financial Stability and Development Committee (FSDC) met to discuss banks’ capital needs.

KfW’s inclusion of ESG ratings in a term sheet might seem a superficial step — just one more disclosure of another piece of publicly available data — but it is a step towards a more sensible system of socially responsible investment.

What is Ellen DeGeneres up to nowadays? Taipan wouldn't usually care much about the answer to this question but he found out this week while calling a loans banker.

The launch of Saudi Aramco’s IPO on Sunday will begin a fortnight of feverish debates and valuation discussions among investors and banks. But Aramco is not just an investment in an oil company: it is an invitation to be a junior investor in the state of Saudi Arabia — with all the dangers and upside that entails.

Chinese borrowers that have previously ignored the euro bond market should reconsider. Recent deals show there are plenty of reasons for issuers to tap the European investor base.

Do responsible investing, ESG and sustainable finance mean anything? If so, they must mean investors cannot buy Saudi Aramco’s IPO. When the world is desperately trying to cut carbon emissions, ploughing billions into a newly listed oil company is the definition of a backward step.

In this round-up, the US and China held another round of phone calls on trade last Friday, China officially launched the 5G mobile network and the rise in Caixin Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) was at odds with the slump in the official PMI.

In this round-up, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) said it will strengthen the country’s ideological and institutional design, the Chilean government called off a planned Apec meeting and the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) and the People’s Bank of China released a list of certified fintech products.

In this round-up, China’s manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index fell below market expectation in October, Moody’s will acquire a minority stake in SynTao Green Finance and the People’s Bank of China will issue Rmb30bn ($4.3bn) of bills in Hong Kong next week.

How will Mario Draghi be remembered? As the bazooka-toting president of the European Central Bank who vowed to do ‘whatever it takes’ to save the euro, dragging the eurozone through the sovereign debt crisis? Perhaps, but his monetary policy experiment could yet have a dreadful cost that will not be counted for many years.