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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.

China to introduce deposit insurance. China is to adopt a deposit insurance scheme to better protect savers and free up interest rates. The Legislative Affairs Office of China's State Council [...]

HONG KONG, 2 December 2014 - ASIFMA and Thomson Reuters today launched their new white paper examining the implications of, and outlook for, the recently launched Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect [...]

China's central bank cuts interest rates. The PBOC cut the benchmark rate for one-year deposits by 25 basis points and the one-year lending rate by 40 basis points. This is the first adjustment [...]

China launches landmark Shanghai-Hong Kong stock link program. At the launch ceremony in Shanghai, China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) chairman Xiao Gang hailed the trading link [...]

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 [...]