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After years of failing to build effective equities and equity capital markets businesses the bank is finally making strides in its home market of Hong Kong, courtesy of better integration and targeted lending. Its next challenge is to expand these capabilities. Richard Morrow reports.

The commodity supercycle is over, amid lower export and housing construction growth in China, say analysts at Credit Suisse - but infrastructure investment spending could stay strong as it tiptoes towards consumption-led growth

Why Asian economies can take much more oil price pain

New tax measures and a vague fiscal consolidation plan are expected at the upcoming Indian budget - but the fiscal picture is not as grim as the bears say, according to Credit Suisse, giving the finance ministry some breathing room despite the macro headwinds

The best-performing assets this year and why capital restrictions are not likely for now

China's moves to curb banks' off-balance sheet activity highlights its desire to maintain a vice-like grip on the financial system, undermining capital account liberalisation predictions

The news that a Czech borrower is looking for a €1bn loan purely from domestic banks has sent a shockwave through international loans teams. But they shouldn't panic just yet. The domestic market might be able to cope with a one-off like this, but it can't handle a trend.

If Islamic finance is ever to be anything more than a poor relation of the conventional credit markets, those responsible for guiding the sector need to learn to adapt. The indecision and disputes that can delay deals at the moment will only get worse as issuers look to push into more innovative areas. Scholars that stand in the way of progress may well find themselves sidelined.

Something has been missing from the emerging market bond market this year – the strong corporates and bank issuers that usually tap the market in late February. Bankers blame Russia's presidential elections, due in early March. But there is a window of opportunity before then and borrowers are wrong to ignore it.

Just saying something over and over doesn't make it true. Sometimes, in fact, it has the effect of making people doubt it even more — as Shakespeare’s Mark Anthony showed in his praise of the “honourable man” Brutus. At the moment, the scene is Greece, not Rome. But the more the bailout is lauded, the more it looks like it has dealt the deathblow.

In an economic soft landing, HSBC’s Asian earnings are likely to remain resilient even if impairments rise, reckons Nomura, after the global emerging markets bank reported pre-tax profit of $21.9bn

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