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  • The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), which grants Australian authorities access to derivative contracts data from EU trade repositories (TRs) outside of their jurisdiction.
  • Liquidity has improved in emerging East Asian bonds over the past year but in local currency markets there is still a need for greater investor diversity, according to an annual survey from the Asian Development Bank. And liquidity conditions could worsen next year as a result of Basel III.
  • Two Chinese borrowers are in the market with Taiwan targeted loans. China Packaging and Phoenix Healthcare Group have recently launched borrowings, seeking a total of $350m between them, said bankers away from the deals.
  • Westpac Banking Corporation (Westpac) this week opened its first sub-branch in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone (FTZ) in what is the latest attempt by the Australian bank to leverage the opportunities expected to come from China’s economic and financial market liberalisation.
  • The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) is contemplating the possibility of allowing corporate issuers to re-issue existing bonds in a bid to boost liquidity in its domestic market, according to its latest proposal on December 4.
  • The UK chancellor of the exchequer, George Osborne's Autumn Statement, announced a major boost for alternative finance through peer-to-peer (P2P) markets. Retail investors could soon use the tax exempt individual savings allowance wrapper to put money into P2P, unlocking a pool of capital worth more than £400bn for the sector.