Asia

• Regulation

Phase five margin queues spur calls for custody revamp

Custodians urged to update “antiquated technology” ahead of threefold jump in phase six initial margin onboarding

• 30 Sep 2021

• Infrastructure

Dealers back CLS plans for EM settlement system

12 banks announce support for project to extend PvP protection to certain CLS-ineligible currencies

• 13 Sep 2021

• Tech and data

The ongoing electronification of FX in Asia

Martin Haines, managing director, Asia, at KX explains how KX Insights – a cloud-first, real-time analytics platform – can add scale and efficiency to real-time analytics programmes for customers in Asia to adapt to different trading environments and…

• 07 Sep 2021

• Awards

Asia FX Awards 2021

Asia FX Awards 2021

• 25 Aug 2021

• Trading

Renminbi splurge lifts BNPP, MSIM in Q1 options data

Counterparty Radar: Morgan Stanley IM is largest options user, following series of huge renminbi calls

• 01 Jul 2021

• Regulation

China netting law drives interest in CSAs

Steady growth in contracts with CSAs suggests confidence that clean netting is near

• 18 Jun 2021

• Infrastructure

Singapore’s SWF starts work on cross-border payment network

JP Morgan, DBS Bank and Temasek say project will build on collaboration with MAS

• 04 May 2021

• Tech and data

Bloomberg’s new data retention policy vexes buy-side firms

Impacted users will have to pay extra to retain communications data for longer than two years

• 21 Apr 2021

• Infrastructure

HKMA and BoJ launch new securities settlement framework

New “delivery versus payment link” aims to reduce settlement risk

• 09 Apr 2021

• Tech and data

Optimisation firms prep for SA-CCR boom

FX expected to be big focus of industry’s new slimming drive – and vendors are jockeying for position

• 03 Mar 2021

• Trading

Foreign corporates rally round new Thai baht hedge rules

Cheaper onshore pricing draws non-Thai corporates to Bank of Thailand’s new FX hedging scheme

• 02 Mar 2021

• Infrastructure

BIS and central banks partner to create CBDC ‘bridge’

Cross-border project will link up digital currencies of China, Hong Kong, Thailand and the UAE

• 26 Feb 2021

• Regulation

Industry bodies mull reform of disruption fallbacks

Following Argentine peso debacle, GFXC and others seek alternatives to fallback protocol

• 02 Feb 2021

• Regulation

China tightens regulations on non-bank payment firms

Central bank will scrutinise payments more closely and fine firms for rejecting cash

• 27 Jan 2021

• Regulation

PBoC eases cross-border yuan settlement policy

Central bank promotes use of yuan in cross-border settlement and financing

• 13 Jan 2021

• Infrastructure

Thai central bank relaxes FX rules to curb currency’s strength

Central bank says it is considering further liberalisations to currency regime

• 12 Jan 2021

• Regulation

Investors eager for next round of China financial reforms

Bond futures and credit default swaps the missing pieces

• 05 Jan 2021

• Trading

Diginex chief on taming the Wild East of cryptocurrencies

Singapore-based digital exchange wants to bring respectability – and regulation – to the sector

• 23 Dec 2020

• Regulation

Guy Debelle on the FX Global Code and the rise of the buy side

Code’s creators considering updates to sections on last look and pre-hedging

• 23 Dec 2020

• Regulation

EU benchmark drama set for cliffhanger end

Access to key FX rates due to be decided six months before potential cut-off

• 22 Dec 2020

• Trading

Markets search for FX factor as rates fall flat

Traders signal shift to currency strategies, but is it passing fad or permanent fixture?

• 17 Dec 2020

• Trading

Asia’s FX markets step to the algorithm

Buy-side use of automated trading programs builds, albeit from a low base

• 23 Nov 2020

• Awards

FX Markets Asia Awards 2020: The winners

Citi lands four wins in this year’s awards

• 12 Nov 2020

• Regulation

China derivatives appetite set to grow as PBoC lifts deposit rule

Central bank rule change could cut hedging costs by up to 100bp, traders say

• 09 Nov 2020