Industry associations are concerned that the European Securities Markets Authority's (Esma) far-reaching market infrastructure reforms could have unintended consequences for Asia's capital markets.
HONG KONG (Reuters) - A month after China opened up its equity markets in a landmark trading link with Hong Kong, demand has been subdued and the bulk of activity has come from short-term [...]
In the three weeks since the Stock Connect opened, there has been significant scrutiny on the lack of trading volume.
Stock Connect, dark liquidity, Japan's reflationary bid and Beijing's policy direction dominated the Asian equity landscape in 2014 and set the stage for 2015.
Institutional investors are shying away from the Shanghai-Hong Kong stock link due to uncertainty about ownership rights and complicated trading procedures, according to an industry body.
Hong Kong shares in dual-listed mainland firms are trading at deep discounts to their onshore versions, despite the recent launch of the Hong Kong-Shanghai stock connect scheme that channels [...]
Despite a stuttering start to the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect, Asia Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association (ASIFMA) is confident that the pilot scheme will gather momentum once [...]
The industry association says share-transfer and pre-delivery rules are preventing long-only managers from using the trading link. It expects regulators to tackle the latter issue early in 2015.
SHANGHAI/HONG KONG, Nov 14 (Reuters) - China will temporarily exempt taxes on profits made from a landmark scheme linking the Shanghai and Hong Kong stock exchanges, the finance ministry said on [...]
Global rupee bonds, offshore settlements and rising international interest have all added some welcome energy to India’s domestic debt markets. However, there is far more to be done.
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) – Reorient Financial Markets Chief Strategist and Managing Director Uwe Parpart and Asia Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association CEO Mark Austen discuss the Hong [...]
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