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After quitting M&A and equity capital markets in Europe and the US last year, HSBC is striving to maintain global relevance — and London and New York still have a role to play
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  • HSBC’s Asia business took a hit in the first quarter of 2016 with profits from the region slumping. But there were some pockets of hope, with syndicated lending and M&A activity in China driving growth for the UK-headquartered lender.
  • Japanese sovereign bonds managed to deliver positive returns on Thursday, while almost every other asset class suffered from the Bank of Japan’s decision to reject further loosening of monetary policy
  • Markit and the International Swaps and Derivatives Association have offered concessions to the European Commission in the hope of settling an EU anti-trust investigation into credit default swap trading.
  • Ullink, the trading technology and infrastructure company, has begun providing direct connectivity to trueEX, an interest rate swap execution facility.
  • Chinese mainland investors, who regulators were driven to dissuade from speculation after last year's spring fling in stock trading, have begun buying commodity futures in record size – and, with it, brought similar alarm and another regulatory pushback.
  • The fervour of expectation in the run up to this week’s US Federal Reserve and Bank of Japan meetings ended in widespread pain for foreign exchange, equity and derivative market participants.