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The Taipei-based financial institution wins again in a competitive poll which saw many new winners in markets across the region.

GlobalCapital has opened the poll to decide the winners of its 13th Syndicated Loan, Leveraged Finance and Private Placement Awards 2016.

Early-rising bankers have been basking in daylight since clocks were turned back an hour over the weekend.

The phrase 'hard decisions' is usually a euphemism, meaning unemployment for the many and bonuses for the few. That could certainly be the relationship between Credit Suisse’s rates business and incoming chief executive Tidjane Thiam, after the latter announced his new strategy for the bank on Wednesday last week.

GlobalCapital will open the poll on Monday October 26 to decide the winners of its Syndicated Loan, Leveraged Finance and Private Placement Awards 2016.

Swiss giant voted the best for equity research & sales in Asia’s largest equities poll.

The UBS comparisons were unavoidable, but the contrasts are stark. Instead of turfing out hundreds of traders on a windy autumn morning, leaving panic and rumour to flood the City, Credit Suisse laid out its equally radical restructuring in a sober seven hour PowerPoint marathon.

Twenty-three developed countries have promised $100bn a year to poor nations from 2020 to help them cope with climate change. So far, progress towards meeting that promise has been inadequate. It’s time for a proper, fair system so struggling countries get the finance they need, and the rich penny-pinchers are named and shamed.

One would be forgiven for thinking demand for British government debt was drying up, given some of the reporting in September that bid to cover ratios at Gilt auctions were falling.

The Indian IPO market is back in full swing with Coffee Day Enterprises seeing a solid outcome for its Rp11.94bn ($183m) deal, in what was the country’s first chunky listing in years. The transaction’s success, buoyed particularly by interest from institutional accounts, has now paved the way for a flurry of IPOs to follow, writes Rashmi Kumar.

The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) is fine-tuning its rules for IPOs of mineral, oil and gas exploration or extraction (MOG) firms, following in the footsteps of several bourses in the region. The proposal brings Malaysia closer to international standards for MOG listings, but has elicited mixed responses from industry participants, writes John Loh.

I’m rooting for China, I really am. Where would we bankers be if not for all the business they give us?