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  • Barclays insists it can continue to thrive in Asian and emerging markets equity financing and equity derivatives, even while closing its cash equities businesses in those regions. It also wants to strengthen its core investment banking activity in Europe and the US.
  • The Hong Kong Stock Exchange plans to cement its position as the primary gateway between China and the rest of the world, after setting out a three-year strategic plan for 2016-2018.
  • The Hong Kong Stock Exchange has given Russian companies the nod to list depositary receipts on its main board.
  • Barclays is pulling out of the cash equities business in Asia Pacific as the bank stages a total exit from a number of countries in the region including Taiwan and Korea.
  • Kaisa Group Holdings has dismissed a counter proposal by a group of bondholders over the potential restructuring of the Chinese property developer’s offshore debt.
  • As a decision on whether Novo Banco has triggered a government intervention credit event heads to external review after weeks of ISDA Determinations Committee wrangling, some market participants are worried that a 'no' will reduce the value of financial credit default swaps, while others warn that a European-only result could open a rift with US contracts.