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Indonesia has implemented a patchwork of measures to mitigate negative market sentiment and prop up its currency. But policymakers are likely to fail in tackling investor uncertainty if they do not take decisive action.

Bank Indonesia’s decision to make it harder for foreign banks to acquire local lenders has discouraged Singapore’s DBS and risks driving off other international capital that could otherwise help consolidate the country’s fragmented banking sector. It needs to clarify its new rules.

ASIAMONEY asks a set of foreign exchange strategists and analysts what the country can do to strengthen the rupee and reduce foreign capital outflows.

Five years since the start of the global financial crisis, Asia’s economies have played a critical role in helping the US and European economies recover. Yet the region’s debts are rising while economic growth slows. It needs structural reforms to avoid economic problems in the years to come.

The conditional pass through structure for covered bonds being marketed by NIBC is far from the sort of sweeping revolutionary change that some are suggesting. Rather it would resolve a number of problems that exist in the present covered bond structure and there is proof that other techniques that have similar effects have been easily digested by bondholders before.

If market talk is to be believed, India’s financial regulator is finally scrapping its much maligned and highly controversial safety net mechanism. While this will go some way in helping the Indian equity market, the regulator needs to get out of the habit of wrapping investors in cotton wool.

It is rare that a successful deal can be seen as a symptom of a dire problem in the loan market. But that’s just what Russia’s Norilsk Nickel’s $2.35bn syndicated loan was — a great deal that should send a shiver down the spines of emerging markets syndicated loans bankers.

Carsten Stoehr has been appointed to Standard Chartered’s global head of financial markets sales just over a year after taking up the role of global head of capital markets

Fears that opening up the sector more could lead to capital outflows are exaggerated. Instead, India's insurance sector would benefit from more foreign investment

Citigroup has been named the Global Derivatives House Of The Year for 2013. The award was handed out at a packed gala reception hosted by Derivatives Week in London this evening.

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

Hong Kong’s loan market has hit the limelight in the past week, thanks to a spate of property developers seeking club loans to meet their financing needs. Their timing is certainly ideal, as low loan pricings continue to appeal. But as funding costs for banks rise, borrowers should prepare themselves — not only to pay juicier margins, but to also look for a wider investor base.