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The China Securities Regulatory Commission was revealing plans to allow securities and brokerage firms to diversify their investment choices with plans to allow trading of equity derivatives, such as total return swaps.

Bonds guaranteed by letters of credit could become more common, but investors hope the structure remains niche due to pricing concerns and fear of a regulatory crackdown.

Asian bonds have re-priced since the start of the year and now look attractive, particularly China property and industrial names, as well as Indian banks, according to HSBC Global Asset Management.

China Development Bank is looking to sell a benchmark-sized, multi-tranche dim sum bond that will include a two-year floating rate tranche linked to the CNH Hibor fixing.

Asiamoney PLUS highlights the latest job changes from across the fixed income and financial markets.

Technology, especially IT, has long been the hunting ground for investors wanting to make a fortune by backing the next Microsoft, Apple or Google. That’s fine — but where fortunes can be made overnight, they can also be lost. And that should worry bondholders, who are supposed to be looking for long term, stable returns.

Several sovereign, supranational and agencies looking to diversify their investor base have ramped up their private placement issuance this year. But the smartest borrowers have looked past medium term note programmes and are investigating the Schuldschein and Namensschuldverschreibung formats — two markets that have moved beyond their German origins and are attracting more international investors and issuers.

The overwhelming demand for recent IPOs in the US might suggest investors are back on board the Chinese growth story. But in spite of the success of companies like 58.com and Qunar, the US IPO market remains a strictly members-only club. Not everyone is invited.

—Jae Kyu Bae, head of ETFs at Samsung Asset Management, on plans to provide a one-stop synthetic ETF investment platform for investors.

Taiwanese lenders reliant on high margin loans to Chinese borrowers are having to rein in their plans, blaming a cap on how much exposure they can have to the country’s credits. But with Chinese borrowers providing an increasing chunk of the business in the loan market, it’s time for the Taiwanese regulator to ease its rules and allow the island's banks to do more business in China.

Asiamoney PLUS highlights the latest job changes from across the fixed income and financial markets.

Taiwanese lenders reliant on high margin loans to Chinese borrowers are having to rein in their plans, blaming a cap on how much exposure they can have to the country’s credits. But with Chinese borrowers providing an increasing chunk of the business in the loan market, it’s time for the Taiwanese regulator to ease its rules and allow the island's banks to do more business in China.