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The days of blowout deals and super tight pricing look to be over in the euro SSA market as quantitative easing nears its end. That means banks will really have to start earning their bookrunner fees.

The lengthy complaint about HSBC management drafted, purportedly, by investment bankers within the firm must be taken seriously and investigated, if its new CEO John Flint wants to win the confidence of the rest of the staff and shareholders.

Representatives from all corners of the derivatives industry will tonight gather at the Jumeirah Carlton Tower in London to celebrate the winners of the GlobalCapital Global Derivatives Awards.

Signs of weakness in the euro market for public sector borrowers were apparent in the latest BondMarker results, as a benchmark deal in the currency received the lowest score of the week.

The Covered Bond Marker is a confidential survey designed to show what the market really thinks about the latest covered bond deals. Market participants are cordially invited to mark a range of recently priced euro benchmarks.

In this round up, CSOP Asset Management creates a new platform to facilitate global investors’ access to A-share alpha strategies, first participating firms in the London-Shanghai Connect emerge, and Hong Kong registers its highest volume of RMB clearing in August.

US president Donald Trump took things up a notch with more tariffs on Chinese imports imposed on Monday, forcing China to retaliate. Meanwhile, his chief economic advisor said trade talks were still possible and BlackRock’s CEO said the US economy may actually benefit from trade war in the short term.

In this round-up, Chinese premier Li Keqiang defends the pace of reform and opening up at the Summer Davos conference, the People’s Bank of China prepares to issue its first RMB bills in Hong Kong, and the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) paints a rosy picture of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

How green should a green bond be? Should the company issuing the green bonds have to be green itself, or is it enough that the projects that the bonds are funding are of a hue most verdant? And just how green are those projects they are funding?

Cryptocurrencies have not had a great year. Total market capitalisation of the sector is down 75% from the highs of January, falling roughly in line with what the bears predicted. But that hasn’t seemed to slow institutions’ attempts to get involved.

A couple of times every year, Hong Kong faces the brunt of rather strong typhoons. But last Sunday was special, even for someone like me who has lived in the city for more than 20 years. We welcomed super typhoon Mangkhut.

Chinese property companies that have been relying heavily on the country’s banks for their offshore loans should beware. The mainland bank lending tap may not be open for too long.