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In this new Monday round-up from GlobalRMB, we bring you a collection of market and regulatory developments from the weekend as well as provide a preview of upcoming events this week.

Quantile Technologies and AcadiaSoft have teamed up on a service aimed at reducing counterparty credit risk for derivatives market participants.

It's now all Trump, all the time – especially for China. In this round-up, a recap of our top stories from an eventful week. In broader news, the RMB struggles against the dollar, China’s foreign exchange (FX) reserves hit new lows in October, and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank readies a seat at the table for Hong Kong.

An upset in the US presidential election overnight on Tuesday caught the world and its capital markets off-guard. Just like the Friday morning after the Brexit vote many awoke seemingly unprepared for a perilous open. But Donald Trump’s ascent to the White House, which so few capital markets participants wanted or predicted, has not disrupted market activity as much as might have been feared, for now.

This week, those in the capital markets showed it’s not just electorates that can deliver surprises. Investors got one back — by making markets rise on a shock Donald Trump election victory.

Equity specialists marvelled again this week at the capacity of markets to surprise, as despite a strongly held consensus that shares would tumble if Donald Trump won the US presidency, the New York stockmarket actually rose.

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has requested more than $38m in monetary sanctions against UK based trader Navinder Singh Sarao over S&P futures 'spoofing' allegations.

Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan became the first banks to hit the dollar market after the election of Donald Trump as US president provided an unexpected fillip to credit markets.

Bizarre trading dynamics conspired to save over-confident trades backing a Hillary Clinton victory in the US presidential election, with a ‘Trump bounce’ in the aftermath curtailing volatility and sending many short-volatility plays back into the money. But the shock of the Republican victory adds to that of the Brexit vote in June and has jolted market complacency on other political events in the coming months.

It wasn’t just pollsters that were left scratching their heads this week in the US as syndicate bankers were also expressing surprise at the resilience of domestic credit markets following the election of Donald Trump as their president.

US and European financing markets are wide open for business despite the shock US election result, and banks are pressing on with M&A mandates with seemingly renewed vigour. Elly Whittaker reports.

The FIG market showed poise following Donald Trump’s shock victory in the US presidential election this week, with new issuance restarting within a single day. But the result has not passed without consequence, as market participants prepare themselves for further political turmoil.