Hong Kong
Insurance inroads
Structured product manufacturers have targeted the insurance sector as a potentially important new distribution channel following the collapse in volumes of products sold through retail banks in Asia. Ben Marquand finds out if they are gaining traction
Regulators and accumulators
Asian economies have suffered less from the global financial downturn than they did during the regional crisis of 1997. Risk levels are now lower, while the money that has been accumulated after more than 10 years of extraordinary wealth creation is back
Best in Hong Kong - HSBC
In a year that saw hundreds of investors take to the streets to protest about the mis-selling of Lehman Brothers-linked notes, HSBC managed to sidestep the controversy and continue issuing a full range of structured product
Asia comes of age
Dealers are increasingly offering exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to retail investors to give them access to asset classes and instruments traditionally not available to them. At the same time, regional exchanges are trying to bolster their ETF business. Is…
Investors should force Hong Kong regulatory reform, says legislator
Ronny Tong, a former barrister and member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo), believes Hong Kong should replace its various financial regulators with a unified regulatory body. But he told a Hong Kong Investment Funds Association luncheon on…
Banks sign agreement to buy back Lehman minibonds
SFC, HKMA agreement is set to buy back Lehman minibonds, but market is feeling wary