Push for Shanghai international board grows
The creation of an international stock exchange in Shanghai’s free-trade zone would put the city on the fast track to becoming a global financial centre, the head of the Hong…
Cross-strait equity exchange adds to improving ties
The mainland and Taiwan plan to set up a cross-strait equity exchange centre in Fujian province as relations between the two sides improve. The centre may be funded by 10 institutions…
Singapore scoops up high-yield bond trade
Companies in Southeast Asia are looking at Singapore as a viable alternative for high-yield bond issues in amounts that would be too small for US dollar investors. Markets & Investing…
China property stocks rise on strong sales
Shares of mainland developers fell on profit taking yesterday but were up for the week after surging on the back of brisk sales by a growing number of developers. Markets…
Singapore stock exchange to use 10pc trading circuit-breakers after plunges
Singapore Exchange, Southeast Asia’s biggest bourse, plans to add circuit breakers by early next year after a plunge in shares of three commodity companies erased US$ 6.9 billion in market…
Markets like they were before 1913, report says
Global capital markets are the most integrated than at any time since the late 19th century, giving a reason to be positive about the world economic outlook. Markets & Investing…
Free-trade zone renews hopes for foreign board
The opening of a free-trade zone in Shanghai last month has rekindled hopes for a long-heralded international board in the city, with financial liberalisation expected in the zone likely to…
US default fear prompts HKEx risk measures
Girding itself for the doomsday scenario of the United States defaulting on its debt obligations, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing has increased the collateral put up by investors and brokers…
The secret winner in Twitter share offer
When Twitter goes public in coming weeks, one of the biggest winners will be a 47-year-old financier who guards his secrecy so zealously that he employs a person to take…
