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Major senior management reshuffle at MAS

Shake-up aimed at strengthening the central bank’s leadership.

Major senior management reshuffle at MAS

Shake-up aimed at strengthening the central bank’s leadership.

RMB offshoring gathers pace

Over the past couple of years, the issuance of offshore RMB bonds has soared, with levels expected to reach the equivalent of 360 billion yuan this...

An over-engineered finance industry has gone too far

The other day I conducted a simple statistical experiment. I calculated the “value-at-risk” exposure for an hypothetical investment portfolio...

China removes cap on life insurance interest rate

Strengthens market-oriented reforms in its financial system.

Government says Singapore's banking system is sound

But is worried by rise in household debt.

China should consider allowing joint equity-banks

Private capital inflows should also be liberalized.

What you need to know about the Indian debt market

Debt market outlook Indian debt market witnessed heightened volatility during the last week due to Central Bank’s measure to curb liquidity in the...

India squeezes liquidity to defend weakening rupee

Reserve Bank of India issues slew of policy directives.

CIMB launches institutional brokerage business in Taiwan

Becomes first Malaysian bank operating a brokerage business.

China is revamping troubled financial sector

Ten guidelines support transition to consumer-driven economy.

Check out the contextual differences in financial regionalization

‘Have you seen the big five?’ said the gentleman who drove the van from Gaborone airport to the hotel where I was staying to attend the African...

3 reasons why Woori Finance is a hot stock right now

It’ll benefit big time from turning around fundamentals.

Banking reforms imminent in China?

No action expected until autumn, however.

Realities of China’s shadow banking

Over the past one week, markets have been on a roller coaster due to various global & domestic factors. One of the key concerns was ‘Chinese Credit...