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In June, the International Capital Markets Association (ICMA) issued its sustainability bond guidelines. The first to launch a deal conforming to this ...

He closed down the most contentious bank in the country, slapped record fine on another and cross swords with one of the most well-connected tycoons. ...

 In a nod to the power of digital, Nestor Espenilla Jr, governor of the BSP, has embraced social media as a means to get his message across. When ...

With the rise of fintechs and declining profit growth for banks, Chinese banks have had to rethink their strategies and work with technology companies ...

Could the rest of Asia end up supporting over a billion retirees in China? Life expectancy is soaring in the world’s most populous country amid the ...

 Despite having one of the youngest populations in Asia that enjoys steep mobile penetration rate and soaring internet usage, the Philippines str ...

The newly-launched Bond Connect is expected to become the preferred route for foreign investors who want to invest in Chinese government bonds. Howeve ...

The advent of technology has made information faster and easier to access. This development has had a profound impact on the treasury function when it ...

Solar energy company Tadau Energy successfully issued 250 million ringgit (US$58.40 million) of sustainable responsible investment (SRI) sukuk, ...

Philippines’ infrastructure programme gains traction but doubts over spending capacity lingers, while private sector investors may want a larger sli ...

In search for cheaper and more efficient means of investing in today’s markets, actively managed certificates can provide a cost-effective way of ta ...

While some robo-advisory firms are targetting retail clients directly, others are looking to form partnerships with established financial institutions ...

Once thought of as an IT issue, cybersecurity is increasingly being discussed as a major risk facing many businesses today. With a growing number of c ...

Investing in high-yield bonds can be profitable but it can also be risky, particularly in the current rising interest rate environment. But by using c ...

How are banks approaching blockchain solutions? The story has changed quite dramatically since (I joined Ripple in) July 2014. Back then we were intr ...

Plans by China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) to develop a new container port area in Hamburg are causing political controversy in Germany ...

The prospects for municipal bonds – or muni bonds – in India look positive this time around due to the country’s huge infrastructure requirement ...

Growing from almost nothing a few years ago, the Chinese green bond market has blossomed into one of the most vibrant in the world. With the Chinese g ...

Michel Löwy remembers the days of “working like a dog” when he was at Deutsche Bank. But it also laid the foundation in 2009 when he and his coll ...

After several years of delay, one of the showpiece Belt & Road projects is finally in motion. The Thai cabinet has signed off on US$5.2 billion of fun ...

China’s bond market has seen a spate of defaults over the last three years, accelerating in pace in 2016 as the economy undergoes a restructuring. T ...

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The deals include commitments from, among others, the Silk Road Fund, China Development Bank, China Investment Corporation, China National Petroleum C ...

In response to new market realities – low-yield environment, cost cutting and enhancing efficiency – asset service providers are turning to “big ...

Standard Chartered Bank’s Margaret Harwood-Jones has set the pace for change in the asset servicing world ...

Not even the US withdrawal from the G-20 Climate Change Paris Accord, courtesy of President Donald Trump, can stop asset managers and financial instit ...

China Investment Corporation (CIC) has come out as the winner in the bidding process for Blackstone’s European logistics platform Logicor. The 12.25 ...

In Asia, most discretionary portfolio managers are currently using, or looking to use actively managed certificates for specific investment objectives ...

Three years since a military coup, the uncertainty in Thailand is dissipating. Meanwhile new growth engines are starting up to revive activity and sti ...

The entire Belt-Road spectacle, while as exciting as it gets for cross-border project finance, may end up as one of the biggest sources of debt restru ...

The government of Nepal has lined up China Gezhouba Group Corporation (CGGC) to build the 1,200MW Budhi Gandaki hydro project. ...

Twenty years ago, Veerathai Santiprabhob was a young economist with the International Monetary Fund sent to Bangkok to help put the flames out of a sp ...

The Asset asks Somchai Sujjapongse, permanent secretary, Ministry of Finance, Thailand, what’s next for the country ...

A combination of an increasing supply of talented bankers who are setting up external asset management businesses, a clearer regulatory environment, a ...

Investors and asset managers who managed to execute their strategic priorities amid challenging economic conditions and market volatility came out as ...

For investors accessing Asian local currency bond markets, uncertain US economic policy, the rise of protectionism and a global risk aversion towards ...

The perpetual bond market has taken a life of its own, picking up significantly in 2017 with G3 volume in Asia-Pacific, outside of Japan, amounting to ...

Chinese firms are taking advantage of the asset disposal programmes of oil majors Chevron and BP. In April Himalaya Energy acquired three gas fields i ...

The Australian Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) has given its approval to Yancoal's US$2.45 billion acquisition of Rio Tinto coal mining subsidi ...

State Grid Corporation of China, the world’s largest public utility and power grid company in terms of revenue, on April 26 printed the largest US d ...

The recent Silk Road Forum in Beijing, which attracted leaders from around the world, marked a significant win for the four-year old initiative. While ...

Shandong Gold is taking its global ambitions a step forward by signing a strategic cooperation agreement with the largest gold mining company in the w ...

Volkswagen Financial Services demonstrated the importance of the renminbi bond market in the company’s growth strategy with another fund-raising exe ...

When the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) relaxed the requirement for banks to maintain a balance of inflows and outflows when processing cross-border ...

The Asia Institutional Investors Alliance (AIIA), led by China Minsheng Investment Group (CMIG), is to launch the AIIA Global Investment Fund which ai ...

Strong industry fundamentals plus global demographics are providing the healthcare sector with the biggest potential for value creation in the next ...

China continues to spead its influence in Africa with the backing for new solar projects in Zimbabwe, where economic development is hampered by chroni ...

The Belt and Road initiative is China's grand plan to showcase its arrival on the world stage. At its centre are infrastructure development and region ...

Malaysia's BTM Resources Bhd has entered into a memorandum of understanding with China Western Power International and Sichuan Power to set up a waste ...

It’s no secret that trade finance has been experiencing a rough patch over the last few years, but could find its footing in the growing niche Islam ...

In just over a year, Jeff Yu was able to completely revolutionize and modernize JD.com’s treasury function from a decentralized model into a sophist ...

It might be disingenuous to say that Asia invented the “financial crisis” but the events of almost 20 years ago which roiled the region were in ma ...

Touted as a breakthrough reform, the opening up of a wide range of banking services to global banks should support efforts in bolstering China’s fin ...

The past decade has witnessed booming technological developments in China that have given rise to a series of innovative business models used by tech ...

When his colleagues enquired why he decided to give up on a promising career in investment banking in New York and instead return to China, Frank Li, ...

GE Power & Energy Connections has made a commitment to support power infrastructure development in Iraq. The main challenge was finding the right fina ...

It was a herculean task, but Airbus group CFO in India Bipin Kumar Tibrewal was determined to initiate the consolidation exercise and streamline the g ...

Ed Lam leads a team of over 500 finance professionals in 40 countries at Li & Fung. Each week, the team processes on average US$350 million worth of t ...

Thai Union’s global treasury centre provides a clear view on which options would be the most optimal financing sources for the company, guiding its ...

A common sight in China nowadays is the colourful bikes with QR codes parked on the streets. Young Chinese white-collar workers take out their phones, ...

In Asia, custodian banks are starting to realize that change is inevitable. To enhance efficiency and maximize cost, they need to break away from the ...

French investment bank Natixis has appointed Kenneth Lee as head of debt capital markets syndicate for Asia-Pacific as it further enhances its ambitio ...

While Asia has rapidly grown over the past several decades, segments of society have been left out of the growth story. However, with the advent of ne ...

To cope with its infrastructure requirements, developing Asia currently invests an estimated US$881 billion annually in infrastructure projects. The a ...

There’s a new poster child in emerging market infrastructure finance. Turkey’s Elazig Hospital project offered some clues on how emerging market i ...

The concept of agility in technology is making its way into supply chain finance in China. As the collaboration between e-commerce platforms and banks ...

Increasingly complex regulations will drive demand for digital solutions ...

Asean wins the nod of Asian G3 investors largely because of Indonesia. But six months since Asset Benchmark Research (ABR) pitched the question of whe ...

With all the buzz supply chain finance generates, one might be mistaken that it has never been easier to unlock value from day-to-day operations. Brid ...

Traditionally a paper-based process, the world of trade finance has been going through a digital transformation over the past several years. From bank ...

Asian bonds provide a sweet spot in terms of high quality, risk adjusted yield in the fixed income universe in the face of a rising interest rate envi ...

Since the global financial crisis, financial firms from around the world have had to deal with tougher regulations involving higher costs. However, wi ...

Technology is changing investor behaviour in dramatic ways, with many investors now seeking more personalization in their interactions with provider ...

The use of risk premia as a means to diversify portfolios and improve returns, while not new, is a concept Asia is just starting to open up to. ...

The popular saying that “Rome wasn’t built in a day”, resonates with Lei Tao, who as the CEO of BeagleData, the three-year old Beijing-based tec ...

Lendr is a mobile platform that gives users greater choice of lender providers. This concept has the potential to grow and change lives amid the Phili ...

Keeping in mind the basic principles and objectives of what an exchange-traded fund (ETF) is designed to accomplish will help investors in selecting t ...

US president Donald Trump has been telling the public that China is a currency manipulator. That may be true. But as Beijing attempts to prevent a dep ...

This cash management concept is quickly catching on in Asia. Moreover, an increasing number of corporates are including their onshore China entities i ...

To further boost its economy, the Philippines plans to make financial inclusion a priority in its economic programmes. Its renewed focus on inclusive ...

The election of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte in June last year had raised hopes for change in many of the country’s neglected regions. B ...

This book, The Sleep Revolution by Arianna Huffington, has actually been sleeping on my desk since last summer when I received it as part of J.P. Morg ...

China is well positioned to take advantage of US protectionism, but not in the way some commentators suggest, and although Trump throws his weight aro ...

To create a complete digital bank offering, DBS Digital Bank team had the tall task of creating a new banking platform that leveraged on new types of ...

Stay private and get the capital to expand. That’s the philosophy Fundnel is telling companies that use its platform to interact with professional a ...

As the spotlight shines on international investors entering China’s bond market, Chinese institutional investors are starting to expand their invest ...

Andy Jones is stepping down as Barclays’ CEO for Asia-Pacific and will take on a temporary role as vice chairman. Jones joined Barclays in Londo ...

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Under Felimy Greene’s leadership Citi’s digital banking offering has been redefined over the past year. From the bank’s mobile to social media c ...

Despite the noise in the global marketplace, Asia continues to steadily develop its bond market backed by the further liberalization of the debt marke ...

Asset Benchmark Research asked the best individuals in research, sales and trading the question: ‘What has been the biggest influence on what you do ...

Looking to offer traders increased flexibility in their execution, Yoshi Yokokawa, CEO of Alpaca, along with his college friends developed a self-lear ...

Banks that evolve with the times and shift their approach when dealing with customers will be the leaders in this new digitally focused world. That’ ...

As Chinese investors emerge to become a meaningful segment in the international bond market, both Chinese and global investment banks are rubbing thei ...

After a euphoric end to 2016, the markets came back down to earth in the first few weeks of 2017 as they reassessed prospects in the wake of the elect ...

Asia Pacific   Citi From India to Korea, Citi in Asia-Pacific has undergone a digital transformation over the past 12 months. The bank has p ...

In an interview with The Asset, Taiwan Stock Exchange Corp (TWSE) chairman Shih Jun-ji talks about his priorities for the exchange as he highlights th ...

Green bond issuance has hit a new peak in 2016 led by Chinese issuers that dominated the market. Favourable regulations and increasing environmental a ...

The low interest rate environment and ongoing global market volatility are driving asset managers to consider bolstering multi-asset capability. In As ...

President Xi Jinping’s One Belt One Road initiative aims to promote economic development in the countries along the belt, including the Southeast As ...

Demand for gold exchange traded funds (ETFs) is expected to increase in 2017 amidst growing geopolitical volatility and continuing need for safe haven ...

The Year of the Rooster has a leap month and year (New Year’s Day is January 28, and Spring begins February 4). According to the Chinese Almanac, th ...

Growth is still strongest in Asia, compared to other regions, and countries like India and Indonesia, despite falling behind expectations are still li ...

The Best Issuers   Sovereign  Republic of Indonesia The Republic of Indonesia (RoI) had a stellar fundraising year in 2016, pushing the ...

Asian pension funds need to stick to long-term investment discipline when managing their portfolios amid the uncertainty and volatility plaguing marke ...

It may well be a bumpy ride for issuers and borrowers in the capital markets in 2017, but deals can get done for the right credit and well-structured ...

Two veteran equity capital markets (ECM) bankers have quit their post during the past month. Damien Brosnan, co-head of ECM solution for Asia at UBS, ...

Have Asia’s financial markets reached an inflection point of long-term stability? That and more questions emerge 20 years since the Asian crisis. As ...

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The biggest success story of China and Hong Kong’s asset management industry in 2016 is how J.P. Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM) quietly capture ...

Adding to one’s cash pile is one way to deal with growing uncertainty in markets. Cash in portfolios offers investors the flexibility to invest if t ...