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- MF Global spoke of 'strong' finances
- EC: No corp gov powers for ESAs
- FSA appoints senior investment bank adviser
- GFS has now closed
- Czechs join UK on fiscal compact sidelines
- Davos stalemate on EU's IMF funds
- Tucker: Resolution regime 'top priority'
- Saudi Arabia increases central bank role
- FSB urges Canada for one securities regulator
- CFTC set for committee to scrutinise HFT
- Fitch downgrades Belgian banks
- What corruption really costs
- UK FSA pushes for Mifid II rethink on OTCs
- Shanghai boosts global financial status
- Canada aligns credit rating rules with EU
- Bowles blasts lack of women at ECB
- Sarkozy to introduce French FTT in August
- Barnier warns on further bonus reforms
Hong Kong: In Focus
Higher standards for HK synthetic ETFs
Tuesday 30 Aug 2011 | Andrew Hickley
Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission has announced it will enhance requirements for collateral and transparency of domestic synthetic exchange traded funds. From 31 October synthetic ETF…
Tuesday 30 Aug 2011 | Andrew Hickley
Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission has announced it will enhance requirements for collateral and transparency of domestic synthetic exchange traded funds. From 31 October synthetic ETF…
UK-Swiss tax deal could lead to ‘exodus’
Thursday 25 Aug 2011 | Will Henley
The British government has defended a landmark deal with Switzerland’s government and banks which would see billions in evaded taxes returned to the UK by Swiss account holders. The deal,
Thursday 25 Aug 2011 | Will Henley
The British government has defended a landmark deal with Switzerland’s government and banks which would see billions in evaded taxes returned to the UK by Swiss account holders. The deal,
Chinese ETF offers real choice says HK
Friday 19 Aug 2011 | Will Henley
The Chinese government is to start an exchange traded fund linked to Hong Kong stocks in a bid to boost cross-border investments. KC Chan, Hong Kong’s financial secretary, speaking in a radio…
Friday 19 Aug 2011 | Will Henley
The Chinese government is to start an exchange traded fund linked to Hong Kong stocks in a bid to boost cross-border investments. KC Chan, Hong Kong’s financial secretary, speaking in a radio…
British business groups in FTT fight-back
Thursday 18 Aug 2011 | Will Henley
A Franco-German bid to introduce a European financial transaction tax has continued to draw criticism from the industry, with two leading British business groups the latest to round on the…
Thursday 18 Aug 2011 | Will Henley
A Franco-German bid to introduce a European financial transaction tax has continued to draw criticism from the industry, with two leading British business groups the latest to round on the…
Australia rings changes to funds regime
Tuesday 16 Aug 2011 | Will Henley
The Australian government has laid out draft legislation to reshape its investment manager regime and bring it more into line with the UK, Hong Kong and Singapore. The draft law, unveiled on…
Tuesday 16 Aug 2011 | Will Henley
The Australian government has laid out draft legislation to reshape its investment manager regime and bring it more into line with the UK, Hong Kong and Singapore. The draft law, unveiled on…
Hong Kong will stick with US dollar peg
Monday 15 Aug 2011 | Norman Chan
Norman Chan, chief executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, takes issue with critics of the Chinese special administrative region’s policy of pegging Hong Kong’s currency to the US dollar. No change is on the horizon, he insists.
Monday 15 Aug 2011 | Norman Chan
Norman Chan, chief executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, takes issue with critics of the Chinese special administrative region’s policy of pegging Hong Kong’s currency to the US dollar. No change is on the horizon, he insists.
Does the answer to hackers lie in our youth?
Wednesday 10 Aug 2011 | Regulation Mutters
Hackers and rioters seem to be ruling the somewhat anarchic headlines these days. Whether it is phone hacking within the Murdoch media empire, rioting over the economy in Greece and the UK…
Wednesday 10 Aug 2011 | Regulation Mutters
Hackers and rioters seem to be ruling the somewhat anarchic headlines these days. Whether it is phone hacking within the Murdoch media empire, rioting over the economy in Greece and the UK…
Prospects for Asian securities markets
Wednesday 10 Aug 2011 | Koichiro Miyahara
Though Asian markets weathered the global financial crisis well, equity markets remain small and vulnerable to foreign capital inflows and outflows, which makes the continuing development of a bond market essential according to Koichiro Miyahara, senior executive officer at the Tokyo Stock Exchange Group.
Wednesday 10 Aug 2011 | Koichiro Miyahara
Though Asian markets weathered the global financial crisis well, equity markets remain small and vulnerable to foreign capital inflows and outflows, which makes the continuing development of a bond market essential according to Koichiro Miyahara, senior executive officer at the Tokyo Stock Exchange Group.
Govts vow to take ‘all necessary’ actions
Monday 8 Aug 2011 | Will Henley
Governments around the world have urged increased coordination following Standard & Poor’s decision to downgrade US sovereign debt and continuing fears over Spain and Italy. As Asian and Pacific…
Monday 8 Aug 2011 | Will Henley
Governments around the world have urged increased coordination following Standard & Poor’s decision to downgrade US sovereign debt and continuing fears over Spain and Italy. As Asian and Pacific…
EC: All options open as crisis escalates
Friday 5 Aug 2011 | Andrew Hickley
The European Commission says it will consider “all possible options” to solve the eurozone crisis after Thursday saw huge market falls around the world due to fears of debt contagion and weak…
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Friday 5 Aug 2011 | Andrew Hickley
The European Commission says it will consider “all possible options” to solve the eurozone crisis after Thursday saw huge market falls around the world due to fears of debt contagion and weak…
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EDITOR’S CHOICE
- Diamond warns against ‘Balkanisation’
- ABI: UK insurers must keep EU links
- EU Parliament site hit by hacktivists
- George Soros: New year, same crisis
- FSB: Swiss regulator needs more teeth
- OCC: Deriv fears are an overreaction
- ‘Major wave’ of Solvency II drafts in May
- IMF paper urges Aus bank capital boost
- BoE: Limit bonuses to boost bank capital
- 2012 vision: Increased regulatory exposure looms
- Barnier offers hope to NYSE/Boerse
- Esma rushes short selling consultation
- Bowles re-elected as Econ chair
- Hoogervorst hints at accounting slowdown
- Asia in the year of the dragon
- Barnier: FTT will not be forced on UK
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