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Asiamoney’s Offshore RMB Poll handed victory to HSBC for the fifth year running in the survey’s largest outing yet, with Standard Chartered and BTMU runners up. The top three discuss their approach and expectations for RMB internationalisation in 2016. Lorraine Cushnie reports.

Index providers are once again discussing the potential inclusion of A-shares with global investors. But despite the best efforts by China’s regulators to ready the country’s financial system, market participants remain divided about whether recent steps go far enough, writes Paolo Danese.

European issuers are tapping into select pools of liquidity in Asia, with Taiwan and Singapore proving they can deliver both size and cost effective funding. And as deal volume in Asia declines, European bonds are also benefiting from a higher take up from Asian central banks and sovereign wealth funds. Rashmi Kumar reports.

GlobalCapital was one of the judges for the China Securitization Forum’s annual awards in April. Twenty transactions were given plaudits in credit and corporate asset securitization with six singled out as outstanding. We present the winners and photos from the event.

For the second year running, our Offshore RMB Poll surveyed participants on some of the most important topics related to the renminbi’s globalisation. Around 1,600 responses were received — a 60% jump on last year — with those polled giving their views on subjects ranging from Panda bonds to currency depreciation. Lorraine Cushnie reports on the findings.

UniCredit needs a new boss and a new strategy. But the industry as a whole could do with some stability.

Gulf Co-operation Council bond issuance hit a year-to-date record this week, boosted by the whopping $9bn bond from Qatar. Emerging markets bankers are right to be nervous about how much more investors can take but finding out need not be traumatic.

JP Morgan and Société Générale both picked up awards at the GlobalCapital Bond Awards 2016 on Wednesday for providing derivative solutions to borrowers.

I know desperate times call for desperate measures, but one can only go so far in dumbing down one’s standards.

GlobalCapital is delighted to announce the winners of its 2016 SSA Bond Awards as voted for by the issuers and dealers in the market. Congratulations to all the winners.

GlobalCapital presents its annual Emerging Market Bond Awards 2016. These awards are determined entirely by a poll of market participants, and celebrate the outstanding issuers, funding officials, investment banks, bankers and rating agencies in the emerging markets between May 2015 and April 2016. Congratulations to the winners and nominees.

GlobalCapital presents its annual High Yield Bond Awards 2016. These awards are determined entirely by a poll of market participants, and celebrate the outstanding issuers, funding officials, investment banks, bankers and rating agencies in the high yield between May 2015 and April 2016. Congratulations to the winners and nominees.