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With the first US rate hike in years drawing closer, it’s no surprise to see analysts and public officials singling EM out as the source of the next credit crisis. But a well-meaning warning without nuance can look a lot like scaremongering.

Indonesia's central bank was right to introduce new rules on foreign debt issuance by private corporates in January. Untethered growth in foreign debt without adequate hedging is a dangerous combination, as Indonesia's currency crisis in 1998 showed.

The battle between exchanges in the US, Hong Kong and mainland China to lure technology companies to list has intensified. Now Hong Kong is once again considering allowing the dual class shareholding favoured by tech companies. But the city’s exchange should not bow too quickly to the pressure to change its one share, one vote system.

Loans bankers were excited and well prepared for the solar eclipse on Friday. So it was only Loan Ranger charging about last minute on a hunt for ocular protection…

When former Rabobank analyst Olly Burrows’ wife and one of their four children came home early to find a burglar trashing their upstairs bedroom, it was not funny.

Asiamoney announces the winners of its latest annual Asia Islamic bank awards, after a year in which the industry continued to develop in size and scope. The awards are listed below, and full write-ups of each decision will be published online and in print at the end of April.

HSBC reigns supreme for the fourth year running as the best overall provider of offshore RMB products and services, in Asiamoney’s largest and most competitive Offshore Renminbi (RMB) Poll. The UK-headquartered bank tops the poll as voted by clients from around the world.

I have enough in the bank to last five generations, but it appears overeager commercial banks in Hong Kong don’t know how to research those who bank with them.

Nervousness ahead of this week's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting stymied any deals in the Asia ex-Japan dollar bond market. But though the Federal Reserve’s surprisingly dovish signal suggested that issuance would pick up soon, high yield credits could struggle to return, writes Rev Hui.

Thailand has worked hard to make itself more attractive to foreign bond issuers in recent years. But as the deadline nears for the next round of issuer approvals, an unfavourable cross currency swap is set to limit deals from developed market credits, writes Christina Khouri. More promising opportunities will come from southeast Asian neighbours.

At least three Chinese brokerages are readying Hong Kong IPOs for the first half of the year, while two more will launch chunky H-share placements soon. The trades should be well received as investors have cash to spare, but the yawning gap in valuations between A and H-shares and a surfeit of offerings from the sector mean that issuers and underwriters will need to relent on pricing, writes John Loh.

Investors are spurning secondary markets for primary action in a bid to rake in the new issue premiums on offer.