Custody & Clearing

Securities screening and its role in financial crime mitigation

Custodian Banks are used by their customers for the safekeeping of proprietary and third-party interests in securities; the settlement and clearing of...

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Securities screening and its role in financial crime mitigation

Custodian Banks are used by their customers for the safekeeping of proprietary and third-party interests in securities; the settlement and clearing of...

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Singapore bond issuance crashed 31.3% to US$21.5b

But proceeds jumped 14.1%.

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What you should know about lifting the offshore conversion cap

The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) is likely to lift the RMB 20,000 daily limit on currency conversion for Hong Kong residents, according to the Hong...

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What you must know about CNH's onshore deregulation and offshore expansion

The Shanghai Free Trade Zone (SFTZ) opened on 29 Sep.

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Why RMB globalization is still a long way off

Efforts to globalize the renminbi (RMB) reached a milestone when the currency joined the league of the most-traded currencies for the first time.

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Will Qianhai jeopardize Hong Kong’s position?

In mid-2012, the China’s State Council approved the development of the Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone.

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Singapore, Japan establish cross-border collateral deal

To enhance financial stability in Singapore.

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CIPS to debut in Shanghai in 2014

3Part of campaign to internationalize the RMB.

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Things you must know about JP Morgan's newly-launched Collateral Central

Find out what the 'virtual global longbox' does.

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Hong Kong's dominant role to remain in RMB trading

Given that RMB is fungible offshore, the emergence of new offshore centres simply expands the existing regime instead of creating competing systems...

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Taiwan becoming a local hub for RMB settlement and trading

Two days before the Singapore's announcement, financial institutions in Taiwan formally launched their RMB business after signing currency clearing...

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Does mandatory margining of non-cleared swaps make sense for Asia?

The Asian banking community is anxiously following the debate around the BCBS/IOSCO proposed mandatory margining of non-cleared swaps that began...

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Why Singapore is well-equipped to facilitate RMB trading

On 8 February, the People's Bank of China announced that the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Singapore) will become the RMB clearing bank in...

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