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Investors shun Chinese bonds favoured by biggest benchmarks
Indexes are increasing their allocation to China, but European investors want climate action first
Sustainable finance, Ibor transition and China bond investment take centre stage
Sustainable finance, moving to risk-free rates, and the further liberalisation of China’s capital markets will all remain a focus for Crédit Agricole CIB in Asia-Pacific
Evergrande stress boosts fledgling China CDS indexes
Interest surges in products seen as better gauges of credit risk for embattled property sector
China regulation: the path clears slowly
Co-ordination among Chinese regulators has improved, but new data law shows continued tensions
China netting: industry raises concerns on cross-border trades
Filing requirement of new netting law could unfairly penalise trades from foreign banks
Source of systemic risk varies by region
European, Canadian and UK banks are too big to fail because of their cross-border activities, Chinese and Japanese banks because of their size
BoComm, Nomura and Citic near G-Sib designation
Dealers could all become members of the club next year if trend continues
Three more issuers look to enter HK warrants market
Sources say Citic, KIS and Huatai preparing to launch warrants and CBBCs on HKEX
Most G-Sibs fail to disclose financed emissions
None of the world’s top 30 banks disclose climate impact of their whole portfolio
Lack of quants dims chance of structured product boom in China
Quants in high demand as banks explore new products, and local rules call for onshore specialists
Asia moves: HSBC appoints new Apac head, Barclays hires country CEO for China, and more
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Sales of China’s snowball notes fall
Issuers point to tighter equity index basis and recent regulator warning over marketing of snowballs
Regulator says Covid has accelerated China’s reform agenda
CSRC vice-chair wants US firms to help develop onshore futures for risk management
After FTSE inclusion, China bonds still face CNY hedge hurdles
Lack of pricing competition and costly hedges top buy-side hurdles to investing in China, says ChinaFICC CEO
Offshore hedging of foreign banks’ China claims at record low in Q2
Just 6% of claims on the country were hedged through offshore risk transfers at end-June, BIS data shows
Inflation scenarios: tail risks loom for US equities
Portfolios could lose more than one-third of their value if inflation stays high, suggests crowdsourced scenario exercise
Evergrande exposes China’s lack of credit hedges
Onshore credit derivatives market has been little help during property giant’s recent woes, sources say
China hints at broader scope with netting law name change
Central bank reportedly behind name change as derivatives rise up political agenda
China, Turkey lead regulatory laggards on Basel III framework
Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Japan and Korea made no progress at all since May 2020
Bond hedging: China must be bolder
Opening access to bond futures market for foreigners could give big boost to China govvies market
Collateral manager of the year: BNY Mellon
Asia Risk Awards 2021
RMB house of the year: Standard Chartered
Asia Risk Awards 2021
Securities house of the year: Guotai Junan International
Asia Risk Awards 2021