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It is not unusual to hear DCM bankers on sterling deals talk about the sophisticated nature of the investor base. Issuers on roadshows also often say they feel they have the best dialogues with UK-based investors, who have often done their credit work before meetings and want to discuss details in more depth than the usual page turning of an investor presentation deck.

Macau recently saw one of its worst typhoons in years. Being the charitable man that I am, I came up with a brilliant idea to stimulate the region’s economy and offset the storm’s devastating effects.

France, Tennet, NWB and Berlin Hyp are among the green and social bond issuers acclaimed in GlobalCapital's Sustainable and Responsible Capital Markets Awards 2017, which were announced on Tuesday in Amsterdam.

News that Chinese regulators were outlawing initial coin offerings hit the cryptocurrency market hard, knocking some $38bn off the industry’s market cap, between Saturday and Monday. While the crash appears to be over for now, the dump should be a wake-up call to market participants that regulation is not something they can opt out of.

Julius Baer’s additional tier one deal on Tuesday attracted a splendid book — enough to gladden the hearts of syndicate bankers and funding officials. But it highlights the absurdity of Europe’s Market Abuse Regulation.

Last week’s deals from BBVA and CaixaBank show just how much the Spanish banking sector is powering ahead of Italians in getting to grips with capital regulations.

Senior preferred debt has never been cheaper for banks — and it has regulatory benefits as well. While funding teams rush to meet bail-in targets, there's a value in keeping the old asset class alive.

China’s A-share market has one of the largest pools of domestic investors in the world. So it’s no surprise Hong Kong’s exchange is desperate to link its primary IPO market with the mainland. While there could be plenty of benefits, the city’s regulator should think long and hard before opening itself up to a potentially uncontrollable flood of money.

The formerly booming cryptocurrency market was a sea of red on Monday, thanks to the news that China is making Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) illegal. Other regulators are also stepping up their efforts to clean up the market.

In the latest Clawback, columnist Philippe Espinasse puts cash trading numbers in Hong Kong under the microscope to some rather interesting results.

The Brics Business Forum opens today, the New Development Bank is set to lend $2.5bn next year, and China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) signs agreement with Greek counterpart.

The Communist Party congress is set to kick off on October 18, the emirate of Sharjah plans the Middle East’s first Panda bond issuance, and Swift data says the renminbi was the fifth most used currency for payments globally in July.