Hong Kong
China stimulus creates hedging headaches for HK warrants
Dealers say options liquidity issues during Hang Seng’s rollercoaster ride made the products tricky to risk manage and price
Best structured products support system: Goldhorse Capital – Extramile
Goldhorse Capital – a Hong Kong-headquartered fintech platform now making waves across Asia’s structured products market – wins Best structured products support system at this year’s Asia Risk Awards
People: SocGen’s Farah replaces Salorio, Deutsche makes credit hire, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
Asia moves: Senior hires at HKEX, UBS and more
Latest job news from across the industry
Hong Kong looks for digital response to trade reporting burden
New swaps reporting framework will include more fields than requirements in US or Singapore
T+1 shift sparks dividend chaos in HK structured products
Products staying on T+2 leave providers scrambling to deal with ex-dividend dates caught inbetween
SG trader dismissals shine spotlight on intraday limit controls
Risk experts say many banks rely on daily reports and can’t effectively monitor intraday limits in real time
Dealers bullish on upcoming offshore CGB futures relaunch
Better contracts and deeper foreign interest in China bonds set to spur uptake, but launch date unclear
Asia moves: senior hires at Millennium, Citi, SMBC and more
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Asia moves: Senior hires at Societe Generale, Linklaters and more
Latest job news from across the industry
First Korean issuer joins Hong Kong warrants market
Kisa anticipates warrant and autocallable hedging synergies
Blow-out on ‘dim sum’ bonds fuels boom in offshore rates options
Swaptions on USD/CNH swaps enjoy boost as investors adopt ‘all-you-can-eat’ approach to callables
Huatai launches its first Hong Kong CBBC
Two more securities houses set to follow Chinese firm into Hong Kong’s listed structured products market
HSBC’s rate-hedge reset to generate $1bn bond loss
Unwind of lower-yielding bonds costs $578m in Q3, with another $400m expected by year-end
Offshore CGB futures relaunch likely to be delayed till Q1 2024
Dealers say HKEX is deferring products while it seeks approval from mainland Chinese regulators
China equity for global investors: reopen, recover, re-enter
At a panel session convened at Risk.net’s ETF & Indexing Forum in Hong Kong, experts from FTSE Russell, Citi, BlackRock and CSOP Asset Management discussed the latest investment trends and challenges, and the opportunities afforded by China A-shares…
Asia moves: Senior hires at Crédit Agricole, HSBC, Natixis and more
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HKEX expected to cover damages in LME nickel lawsuits
Legal costs cannot be passed to members as non-default losses under the LME’s rule book, lawyers say
China eyes new derivatives contracts to boost investor morale
Regulator announces futures and options products on mainland and HK, but there are doubts it will help
HKEX eyes options contracts on MSCI A-shares index
Warrant issuers could benefit from roll-out of additional hedging instruments
China needs an RMB liquidity absorber – HK might be the answer
Increasing HKMA’s CNH debt issuance could help cement renminbi’s role in financial markets