May 2012
China's economic slowdown will exact a heavy economic toll on global demand. Although Beijing has many weapons it can mobilise, its slowdown comes at an inauspicious time for Germany
May 2012
Driven by worsening sentiment regarding the Eurozone, Asian currencies are under pressure. The market has sharply increased its expectation that Greece will exit the Eurozone, and USD-Asia and regional volatility has surged.
May 2012
The MSCI Emerging Markets index notched a 17% gain earlier this year, before nose-diving in March as worries surrounding a Greek exit from the eurozone sent global markets into a tailspin. But the jury is out on whether the asset class can outperform if markets take another leg down.
May 2012
Thanks to international expansion and infrastructure investment, revenue growth prospects at JPMorgan's Treasury and Security Services unit are bright, said Nomura analysts.
May 2012
May 2012
May 2012
Five years ago, corporates began to expand, setting up manufacturing facilities and offices at home and around the world. As those companies buy fixed assets and trading companies across multiple markets, they need a way of linking that local entity to their group head offices back home in each of these territories.
May 2012
The eurozone crisis, global bank deleveraging risks and the need for a financial safety net: Asian policymakers and financiers had much to mull over at the Asian Development Bank annual meeting last week
May 2012
With primary Asian equity markets quiescent so far this year, ECM bankers are hopeful that the well-supported IPO expected from Haitong Securities will spark off an issuance revival.
May 2012
Finance executives cheered plans by Beijing, Tokyo and Seoul to buy each other’s bonds as another possible step towards internationalizing China’s currency
May 2012
China leads the pack; Apac firms seek expertise, R&D
May 2012
Offshore renminbi now $2.7 billion-a-day market; One hub for each time zone likely
May 2012
HSBC launch demonstrates UK appeal; Deal criticized as PR exercise
May 2012
Bank ‘taking long-term view’; Asia seen as key driver of profits
May 2012
Chinese broker’s Hong Kong listing fails to revitalize the market.
May 2012
Resolving global trade imbalances is the key to avoiding a fresh economic crisis, experts said this week
May 2012
Financial officials expressed optimism this week over Asia’s growth prospects amid concerns over the appropriate path of policy
May 2012
Former central bank policy committee member Yu Yongding told Emerging Markets in an interview that China should allow as much as a tenfold expansion of its current RMB trading band
May 2012
May 2012
Asian FX reserve managers are making it hard for EURUSD to break out of its tight trading range as they seek to improve the low returns on their FX portfolios by selling options.
April 2012
The prospective development shines a light on the growing role for third-party western asset managers to oversee a slice of China’s foreign exchange reserves
April 2012
Includes Bonds, Equities, Loans, M&A, MTN, Project Finance
April 2012
HK listing could ignite ECM market
March 2012
Persuading any issuer to break the impasse is proving remarkably difficult for Asia’s ECM houses
March 2012
Asian equity issuance markets reviving; Passive global coordinator revealed
March 2012
Taipei is trying to establish itself as an offshore renminbi financial centre, to rival Hong Kong and Singapore. Analysts say there are some merits in this strategy, but the process has been very slow
March 2012
A source tells Euromoney that officials at a Taiwanese bank have been working with a Chinese bank for years, despite it not being "entirely" legal