Britain’s HSBC has set up a new unit to tap deals in infrastructure finance and project…
Category: TREASURY/FX
EMERGING MARKET CURRENCIES: OPPORTUNITY OR RISKS?
Emerging market liquidity faces capital charge crossroads By Vinay Trivedi, Emerging markets currently hold both promise and peril for institutional investors and investment bank…
BANK INDONESIA INTERVENES TO DEFEND FALLING IDR
Indonesia’s central bank intervened in the foreign exchange market to defend the rupiah, its governor said…
TRADETRUST: SEAMLESSLY ENSURING AUTHENTICITY FOR SMARTER, SAFER TRADE
IMDA’s TradeTrust framework enables governments and businesses to issue, exchange and verify trade documents risk-free, with…
MALAYSIA ANNOUNCES RECORD HIKE IN WAGES, AS MYR FALLS
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim says pay hike of more than 13 percent will be ‘best…
JPY HITS 34-YEAR LOW, AS EQUITY MARKET SOARS
The dollar climbed on Wednesday (Mar 27) in the wake of more strong US economic data,…
RMB SET TO DEPRECIATE FURTHER
SINGAPORE: China’s yuan is sliding and market participants suspect authorities are deliberately but slowly engineering a…
EASING POLICY BY MAS MIGHT END SGD OUTPERFORMANCE
By David Finnerty The Singapore dollar’s two-year streak as the top-performing Asian currency is seen ending…
FACTORS INFLUENCING THE RINGGIT
SINCE the ringgit was de-pegged in 2005, it had strengthened by only 1% to end the…
WHY HIGH YIELD CONTINUES TO SURPRISE INVESTORS?
According to Jack Stephenson, US Fixed Income Specialist of AXA IM, the US high yield market has…