12/16/2020
Singapore bourse, China clearing firm may develop ETFs linked to ChinaBond indices
"This mutually beneficial partnership will facilitate deeper participation by foreign investors in China's bond market and advance the development of the Chinese domestic bonds market,"
12/16/2020
Australia, South Africa Take On The Late Payments Fight
Five-day payment terms will be possible through Australia's new eInvoicing solution, the nation's Treasury announced recently.
12/16/2020
Trade Insurance to Cover Japanese Bank Loans to Saudi Arabia
The three megabank lenders of MUFG Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. and Mizuho Bank are among those expected to provide the insured loans to Saudi Arabia.
12/16/2020
CSOP Hang Seng TECH Index daily (2X) leveraged product and CSOP Hang Seng Tech Index daily (-2x) inverse product to List on the HKEX
In light of more and more Chinese technology giants choosing Hong Kong as the secondary listing place, Hang Seng TECH Index was launched on 27 July 2020 to track the 30 largest technology companies listed in Hong Kong.
12/16/2020
SBI opens cryptocurrency dealing desk
The acquisition is the latest big crypto play from SBI.
12/16/2020
Redpoint wins $50m mandate
Redpoint fund manager partner GSFM's chief executive Damien McIntyre said the ongoing economic, social and health impacts of COVID-19 globally have reinforced the desire of many investors to consider investments focused on SRI.
12/16/2020
AIA to launch income protection product
IP CORE sits at the lower end of the cost spectrum, next to the basic Income Protection Accident Only/Super Income Protection Accident Only cover.
12/15/2020
The transaction is subject to certain closing conditions
12/15/2020
Deal activity remained inconsistent across different deal types.
12/15/2020
Super and retirement
12/15/2020
ClearBridge is part of Franklin Templeton and operates with investment independence.
12/15/2020
The precious metals exposure acted as a counter-point for equity risk for rebalancing while the allocation to fixed income and cash meant the portfolio was prepared for recession and deflation.
12/14/2020
Permissible manager are those with a capital market services licence for fund management, or exempt financial institutions, or registered fund management companies.
12/14/2020
“We would like to leverage the success with multinational development banks in green, social and sustainability bonds partnerships in hopes to expand this to other platforms,”
12/14/2020
“Including this conversion, the industry’s market cap is now $92.3 billion, although, even without it, the industry rose to a record high of $78.7 billion.”
12/14/2020
UOBVM expects to complete the final closing of AIIF II next year, with a target of US$100 million to be raised in total.
12/14/2020
"Then we articulated a theory of change as to why a specific product or service helped to achieve those targets, and then we looked at the scope for solutions, in revenue terms, to see how big that market can grow."
12/14/2020
The launch of FinCity.Tokyo is a sign that Japan realises a financial centre is a means to better deploy national wealth, such as its household savings, the largest in the world.
12/13/2020
The central bank last cut the RRR in March, lowering it by 200 basis points to help counter the economic impact of the coronavirus.
12/11/2020
Departing HK residents withdraw $298.8 million in pension funds in H1, up 13.6%
The authority said the number of claimants may not be equal to the number of claims as a member may be holding more than one account under the MPF system.