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The People’s Bank of China brings back old policy to control RMB exchange rate, mainland and Hong Kong authorities set the date for launching investor ID for northbound Stock Connect transactions, and the Chinese securities watchdog allows foreign investors to take majority stakes in futures companies.

Australia bars Huawei and ZTE from providing 5G services in the country, Malaysian leader pulls country out of Belt and Road projects, and the Shanghai Stock Exchange hosts the issuance of the first local government bond with a tenor of 20 years in China.

Regulator removes ownership limit in Chinese banks for international lenders, China’s central bank vows support for businesses amid trade war escalation, Beijing and Washington fail to reach concrete agreements after two days of discussions.

Venezuela's petro seems destined to hang around like a bad smell rather than drifting into obscurity, as it deserves to. The country's president Nicolás Maduro has made it the basis of his country’s economy. It is an utter farce.

Panic has gripped Turkey's markets, sending investors scuttling. Luckily, the loan market has proved once again that it is capable of providing much needed cool heads amid the sea of red on screens this summer.

We’re eight months into the year, and I’ll admit that my New Year’s resolutions have fallen by the wayside. Although, in all honesty, my “plans” to cut back on the whiskey and take more exercise were more Tai Tai’s ideas than mine. But one friend of mine has – surprisingly – stuck by his goals.

China’s peer-to-peer lenders are once again staring into the abyss, following a string of recent scandals and a new crackdown by regulators. As the noose tightens around the sector, IPO-hopefuls like Weidai should tread with caution.

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has frequently used FX and equity market investors as straw men on which to blame Turkey’s economic woes, rather than his own government’s economic mismanagement, a claim given veracity now by the petulant tweeting of US president Donald Trump.

Amid the chaos in Turkey, bankers are pitching bond buy-back opportunities to the country's beleaguered banks. Many argue that those in a position to take them up should be looked upon favourably by investors. The problem is, those investors might not even notice.

Initiatives by US president Donald Trump to slow the corporate earnings reporting cycle are aiming for the wrong target. Less frequent reporting might be helpful to real estate developers with a penchant for bankruptcy, but three-monthly numbers are adequate for mainstream capital markets. That doesn’t mean, however, that the system is perfect.

Bank of China becomes the RMB clearing bank for a financial centre in Malaysia, a Chinese credit rating agency is in trouble with two regulators after breaching rules in the exchange and interbank bond markets, and the People’s Bank of China reportedly blocks RMB flowing out of free trade zones (FTZs).

Regulator allows foreign nationals in China to buy A-shares, Beijing and Washington walk back to the negotiation table, and the Chinese finance ministry guides local governments to borrow and spend on infrastructure in the third quarter.