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In GlobalRMB's Best Bank Awards for China DCM, Standard Chartered wins for ABS and CNH, HSBC takes home the G3 Bond House Award, and Bank of China gets kudos as the Best House for Panda bond issuers.

Securities services was one of the most competitive award categories GlobalRMB had to decide this year. Our awards criteria demanded the near-impossible from participating banks: to beat the competition in the fast-changing China access scheme, while at the same time demonstrating a broad client base and the ability to be at the cutting edge of innovation.

The City has prepared as best it can for a no-deal Brexit, but it's not just the immediate effects it needs to worry about — the UK government’s disdain for the industry its Brexit planning will diminish UK-based financial services for many years, and the government doesn't seem to care.

The 10 year anniversary of the Lehman bankruptcy prompted a wave of commentary — and a clamour of doom-mongers trying to call the next crisis. Famous last words, of course, but it’s mostly misguided.

When the mandates for DP World’s four tranches of bonds were put on screen this week, the market was shown a different, and GlobalCapital believes better, way of mandating banks for multi-currency, multi-product type bonds.

IPOs from Asian companies have painted a mixed picture, with deals continuing to get done even as the trade war between the US and China looks set to escalate. But the incredible share debuts of Nio and Qutoutiao last week are unlikely to mark a turning point. If anything, issuers should continue to tread cautiously on pricing.

The distribution of the votes for the 2018 Covered Bond Awards.

The European Investment Bank’s latest dollar benchmark chalked up one of the highest BondMarker scores of the year so far in the currency.

US president Donald Trump takes to Twitter to clarify trade deal with China is not imminent, likely delaying planned trade talks, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing defers Stock Connect investor ID due to super typhoon, and index provider FTSE Russell will announce its A-shares decision on September 26.

The Cover and GlobalCapital held the annual Covered Bond Awards Dinner on Thursday night at BMW Welt in Munich, celebrating the best performers in the market.

In this markets round-up, international crude oil futures gain traction with global investors, index provider FTSE Russell will announce its decision on A-shares soon, and the Singapore Exchange (SGX) saw surging volumes of CNH futures contracts in August.

In this policy round-up, the People’s Bank of China revealed plans to fix its bond rating industry, state-owned entities remain a driving force in onshore equities performance, and Moody’s says the dollar is unlikely to be challenged as a global reserve currency any time soon.