Asia Pacific

Private banking

Private banking: China’s wealth set to overtake Japan’s this year – HSBC

FX hedge funds’ underperformance to reverse as macro trends shift

ParFX gains credibility as first phase of on-boarding nears completion

Corporate banking

New payment channels fail to undermine bank enthusiasm for corporate cards

Corporate banking

Back to the future: BPOs potential to revolutionize trade finance

Emerging market FX is showing greater risk differentiation in a low RORO world

Capital markets

BlueBay bullish on emerging market investment-grade bonds

Corporate banking

Transaction banks step up to multinationals’ RMB liquidity challenge

Banking

New private banking coverage

Highly commended Asian deal of the year 2013: Pertamina

Highly commended Asian deal of the year 2013: Vedanta

Global DCM deal of the year 2013: EdF