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Asiamoney PLUS highlights the latest job changes from across the fixed income and financial markets.
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The bank fired over 20 from its FICC markets business last week including the head of FICC sales for Hong Kong.
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China will allow the new development zone to free movement of capital to Hong Kong and the rest of the world but will restrict flows with the rest of the mainland in a sign the country remain cautious about opening up its capital account.
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Barclays’ new tier two write down instrument was supposed to set a template for other UK banks to follow. Its soggy secondary performance has made it an easy target, but a better gauge of real investor interest in UK Cocos will be where it trades in the medium term.
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A global trade repository for all securities lending transactions is part of the Financial Stability Board’s plans to overhaul shadow banking. There would be knock-on benefits for the industry too.
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Chinese high yield borrowers are getting used to pushing their bankers around — and it is easy to see why. These companies may be a rich source of supply in the bond market but now is not the time to be demanding hard underwrites and unrealistic pricing.
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Top 3 Southeast Asia DCM Transactions - 2012 YTD
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India’s power utilities should be working with investment bankers to refinance debt through the dollar bond market to help cut funding costs and pump much-needed funding into the sector.
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Foreigners buying a property worth more than 160,000 euros in Spain may get the right to reside in the EU country, a Spanish official said -
With the successful sale of the world’s first Basel III shariah-compliant bond, dealers see opportunities for Asian banks to sell their own capital compliant sukuks to attract more diverse investors.
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The country is on the verge of shaking off its image as an amateur bond market, conducting major structural improvements to lure more foreign investors. But to achieve world-class status it needs to provide better liquidity and flexibility in secondary trading. Frances Yoon and Ben Davies report.
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—Christine Brentani, a managing director in the prudential regulation division at the Association for Financial Markets in Europe, on a recent draft proposal from the European Commission covering capital exposures to central counterparties.
