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• China market round-up: China decreases treasury holdings, Moody’s downgrades Hong Kong outlook, BOC sets up new RMB clearing bank

  

  In this round-up, the gap between Japan's and China’s holdings of US Treasuries widened, Moody’s downgraded Hong Kong's outlook and Bank of China Manila branch gained renminbi clearing bank status.

  • 20 Sep 2019

• EU to launch international green finance body

  

  The European Commission is planning to unveil in October, together with 10 non-EU states, an international organisation to stimulate cross-border cooperation on green finance initiatives.

  • 19 Sep 2019

• OECD warns of corp debt ‘fire sale’

  

  Corporate debt investors face the danger of emergency fire sales if a sudden slump in growth led to a rash of downgrades, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) warned on Thursday.

  • 19 Sep 2019

• BlueBay launches new combined levfin and structured credit fund

  

  BlueBay has launched a new total return leveraged finance fund, which can buy structured credit and investment grade bonds as well as leveraged loans and high yield.

  • 18 Sep 2019

• London Stock Exchange hires JP Morgan for HKEX defence

  

  The London Stock Exchange Group has bolstered its M&A defence team against a hostile bid from its Hong Kong rival with the appointment of JP Morgan.

  • 18 Sep 2019

• Thailand, Cambodia set sights on cross-border IPOs

  

  Thailand and Cambodia are looking to encourage cross-border equity offerings and issuance of depositary receipts, after signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Tuesday.

  • 18 Sep 2019

• The week in renminbi: August IP growth dips, China eases on tariffs, LSE rejects HKEX

  

  In this round-up, China’s industrial profit growth further declined, Chinese state media has hinted at more peacemaking gestures to the US and the London Stock Exchange (LSE) rejected the Hong Kong bourse’s acquisition offer in a strongly worded letter.

  • 16 Sep 2019

• LSEG spurns HKEX's £32bn takeover bid

  

  London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has emphatically rejected the unsolicited £32bn takeover bid by Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEG), with LSEG's board suggesting that the deal has profound flaws.

  • 13 Sep 2019

• China market round-up: CPI inflation steadies, August credit data within expectation, Huawei mulls first onshore bond

  

  In this round-up, China’s consumer price index (CPI) inflation remained unchanged in August, total social financing saw steady traction and Huawei Technologies is poised to issue its first onshore bond.

  • 13 Sep 2019

• Capital markets divided as ECB wheels out big guns once more

  

  There was a mixed bag of views across the capital markets after the European Central Bank unleashed a new comprehensive stimulus package on Thursday, comprising restarting net bond buying, a rate cut and a tiered deposit rate system for banks.

  • 12 Sep 2019

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