Bonds
Thai debt office looks to help develop derivative market
As Thai investors look for more liquidity in longer-dated derivatives, structural barriers remain
Risk Italia Rankings 2014
Roller-coaster year brings turmoil and opportunities
Creating the right climate for green structured products
World Bank launches the first environmental structured product
Bond repack capabilities – Simplicity, security, independence
Sponsored video: Societe Generale
Structured products demand in Taiwan hit by low volatility
Taiwan insurers shun structured products amid low volatility and rates
Energy Finance House of the Year: SG CIB
Societe Generale enjoys 18 months of bumper energy finance deals
Banks battle for share of burgeoning Asia repo market
Basel III pushes US and European banks to Asia
EIB credit enhancement lures UK insurers to project bond
Capital efficiency of A3 bond tempts insurers
Hedge funds tread carefully around Detroit bankruptcy
Unsettling bankruptcy opportunities
KfW justifies exemptions from Emir
German government-owned development bank KfW managed to win an exemption from clearing and margin requirements under European derivatives regulation - a benefit not extended to its peers. Luke Clancy asks why
Insurer participation in testing European project bond debut ‘exceeds expectations’
Long maturities and improved rating lure firms into Spanish gas scheme bonds
Taiwan renminbi bond market unattractive to international investors
Low yields and lack of liquidity are keeping international investors away from the Taiwanese baodao market
EU financial transaction tax may drive Asian banks away from European business
Eleven EU states have agreed to implement a harmonised financial transaction tax, due to begin in January 2014. The tax has a huge extraterritorial reach, posing serious questions about its impact on Asia
Bond wave boosts fixed-income ETF issuance
Bonding agents
Cheyne Capital continues to find opportunities and performance in five asset classes
Opportunistic collaborators
Concerns remain over contingent capital, legal experts warn
CoCo bonds continue to provoke concern, despite clear investor appetite
ETF roundup
ETF roundup
Lookback
Lookback
HK insurers ramp up dollar hedging activities
Insurers in Hong Kong are revising their long-term policy of not hedging out their US dollar exposures
High yield bond funds are an emerging risk: SFC video interview
Investors increasing their exposure to high yield bond funds is an area of concern, according to Bénédicte Nolens, head of risk and strategy at the Securities and Futures Commission
Merchant Capital offers the best of three mixed portfolios
Looking back at three
Insurers welcome Eiopa’s review of capital charges on infrastructure and securitisations
Standard formula is too harsh and fails to reflect real risk of long-term finance, say insurers