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  • In the second of a four-part series of articles on China’s financial transformation, GlobalRMB considers the nation’s banking reforms, which will allow a horde of foreign banks to gain more traction in the country. At the same time, Chinese banks are moving in the opposite direction.
  • Standard Chartered announced solid profit growth for 2017, with the bank underlining that the rise of renminbi will continue to present business opportunities for the group, and that the currency could make up 5% of global payments by 2020.
  • Invesco unveils a fixed income fund focused on Belt and Road countries, regulators release the first batch of qualified foreign institutional investor (QFII) quotas of 2018, and Boston-based Acadian Asset Management begins buying Chinese A-shares.
  • Stock Connect volumes and a broader RMB offering played a key role in helping the Hong Kong Exchange (HKEX) turn a profit last year.
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    An awful lot of capital and financial market participants are relaxed about Sunday's Italian election, predicting that coalitions and deadlock will remain a staple of Italy's political system. But others urge caution — and hedging — while the going is good for fear that complacency is taking hold, writes Costas Mourselas.
  • The issues surrounding Italy’s debt burden refuse to go away, but not all market participants believe that a change of government on Sunday would be able to stall or reverse the country’s recent economic progress.