FinanceAsia: ASIFMA quoted in story ‘India’s rupee bonds lacking spice’.
India wants foreign investors to fund infrastructure projects via so-called masala bonds but have key ingredients missing.
Euromoney: ASIFMA/GFXD quoted in story ‘FX: The missing piece in the margin puzzle’.
European banking authorities have diluted ‘currency mismatch’ haircut rules in forthcoming non-cleared derivatives legislation – but the bigger issue remains that traders still don’t know if they [...]
Bloomberg TV: ASIFMA shares views on India Budget 2016.
February 29: Anupriya Nair is in a panel discussion with Geoff Lewis of Manulife, Mark Austen of ASIFMA and Bob Parket of Credit Suisse to get a sense of as to what FIIs want from FM Arun Jaitley.
South China Morning Post: ASIFMA quoted in story ‘Market watchers untroubled by China bond defaults’
Sinosteel postponed its interest payment on a 2 billion yuan bond.
Bloomberg: ASIFMA quoted in story ‘China Ponders Tool Deemed Too Risky Post 2008 to Cut Bad Loans’.
China is facing calls to bring back an instrument to fight bad loans it had deemed too dangerous after the global financial crisis: debt tied to failed assets.
GlobalCapital/Asiamoney: ASIFMA featured in story ‘ASIFMA chooses Kim from Standard Chartered to be new Chairman’.
The Asia Securities Industry & financial Markets Association (ASIFMA) has picked Gene Kim as its new chairman of the board of directors.
Nikkei: ASIFMA bylined article on Repo Market in Asia.
The development of Asian markets for repos would help deepen the region's capital markets and benefit its real economy. Repos, or repurchase agreements, are essentially loans secured by [...]
Forbes: ASIFMA quoted in story ‘Swimming In A Sea Of Junk (Bonds): Emerging Asia’s New Asset Class A Liability?’
Chinese companies are responsible for fully half of emerging Asia's junk bond issuances.
