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The Singapore Exchange’s electronic bond trading platform, SGX Bond Pro, is planning to expand into Asian local currency notes later this year. While the initial stage of expansion will be in markets closet to home, the exchange’s head of fixed income trading, Tsai Li Renn, told GlobalRMB that linking up with China could also be on the horizon. -
A lack of clarity around margin mandate regulations and compliance requirements has left banks unprepared to comply with approaching uncleared derivative margining deadlines, an industry survey has found.
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Gold and other precious metals have been major beneficiaries as safe haven investments in the wake of the UK’s Brexit vote, with gold futures this week hitting their highest level since July 2014. But some believe the wider precious metals sector has overshot.
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European credit fund managers look precariously positioned after last week’s rally, with the market having taken a turn for the weaker and options trading activity suggesting few are well hedged.
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CICC has responded to recent speculation that it is merging with China Investment Securities, saying there are discussions for a strategic co-operation although nothing concrete has been signed yet.
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It has been mooted for months but the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect remains elusive with little detail on when the scheme will launch. But instead of being too overly fixated on timing, market participants said the focus should instead be on the scheme’s potential impact and the further liberalisation of China’s securities market.
