Press Release: ASIFMA Publishes New Guidelines on the Use of Powers of Attorney for Hong Kong IPOS.
19 October 2016, Hong Kong – The Asia Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association (ASIFMA) today published a set of guidelines designed to establish a more balanced approach in the use of [...]
Press Release: GFMA Global FX Division expands global footprint with new member and strategic governance changes.
GFMA Global FX Division reinforces its global footprint with new member, Scotiabank, and key appointments.
Wall Street Journal: GFXD quoted in story ‘5 Things That May Have Compounded the Pound’s Plummet’.
The British pound fell more than 6% against the U.S. dollar early in Asian trading Friday, although it later recovered much of that ground.
Economic Times: ASIFMA featured in story ‘Retain benefits for FPIs in Indo-Singapore tax treaty: ASIFMA’.
NEW DELHI: With India re-working taxation treaty with Singapore, an influential grouping of overseas investors has said capital gains tax exemption should be retained in the pact for FPIs in [...]
GlobalRMB: ASIFMA quoted in story ‘RQFII rules relaxed but MSCI challenges remain’.
The quota system under the RMB qualified foreign institutional investor (RQFII) scheme has undergone a total revamp, the Chinese regulators announced on September 5.
Press Release: ASIFMA-ICMA guide to infrastructure financing in Asia.
31 August 2016, Hong Kong - ASIFMA and ICMA today released the “Guide to Infrastructure Financing in Asia”, which is the first comprehensive guide of its kind that outlines how infrastructure [...]
Bloomberg: ASIFMA quoted in story ‘Bank Bonuses for Singapore Debt Sales Raise Conflict Concerns’.
Singapore’s private banks are coming under scrutiny for earning bonuses by selling risky debt, as the city sees an unprecedented wave of defaults. The central bank says an industry group is [...]
Nikkei: ASIFMA quoted in story ‘Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect finally gets green light for this year’.
HONG KONG - An investment channel linking the stock exchanges in Shenzhen and Hong Kong is slated to open in the coming months, nearly two years after the launch of a similar link between [...]
Press Release: Oliver Wyman Report Highlights Risks to Markets from Basel Reforms; Recommends Further Impact Analysis.
Washington, 10 August 2016 – The Global Financial Markets Association (GFMA) today released a new report commissioned from Oliver Wyman on the interaction, coherence, and overall calibration of [...]
Bloomberg: ASIFMA shares views in ‘Hong Kong Reign as China’s Wall Street Has Never Been So Fragile’.
The future of capitalism’s Asian citadel is far from certain as Shanghai and Shenzhen exchanges gain ground.
