The Chinese Central Government has announced that 14 measures will be undertaken in seven areas to support Hong Kong's financial stability and economic development. The measures include agreeing to the signing of a currency swap agreement between the People's...

Derivatives benchmark SuperDerivatives (SD) has confirmed its credit derivatives platform SD-CD will power Standard & Poor's (S&Ps's) new credit default swap (CDS) indices. The three new indices - the S&P 100 CDS, the S&P DCs US Investment Grade Index...

Bursa Malaysia Berhad (Bursa Malaysia) and global index provider FTSE Group (FTSE) have announced that Malaysia's primary benchmark index, the Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI), will adopt the FTSE global index standard. From 6 July 2009 the enhanced index...

UBS has appointed Toshiharu Kojima as country head Japan, and chairman and chief executive of UBS Securities Japan (UBSSJ) with immediate effect. Kojima joins from Citigroup Principal Investments Japan, and as country head, will advise the chairman and CEO...

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEx) and Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) have announced a Closer Cooperation Agreement, which should mean the launch of the first genuine A-share Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) product by H2. The Agreement commits the two...

Hong Kong based, Brook Teeter, director, head of advanced execution services (AES) sales, Asia Pacific, at Credit Suisse, talks about the current trading conditions and how algorithmic trading tactics are helping more and more investors to outperform the market....

Derivatives benchmark SuperDerivatives (SD) has reported strong final quarter growth, with 83% growth in new customers and renewals in December alone. It claimed the trend was a result of increased demand for its front office pricing system and its...

The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) Group shed its 4.26% equity stake in Bank of China on 14 January for a net consideration of GBP1.6bn. RBS said the stake totaled some10.8 billion shares, at a price of 1.71 Hong...

In its Global View - Outlook 2009 Bank Sarasin has estimated that the "deepest recession since World War 2" should reach its low in Q2 2009 and that global growth will recover by the end of the year. The...

International private equity firm 3i has announced the appointment of Anil Ahuja to the role of Head of Asia. Based in Singapore, Ahuja will lead 3i's investment teams to deliver 3i's strategic objectives across Asia, working with 3i's local...

Vikaas Sachdeva, country head, business development at Bharti AXA Investment Managers talks to Innovative Investor about the outlook for the Indian markets in 2009, and what manufacturers need to do to rebuild trust in structured products. What are the...