Despite the broad exodus from emerging market debt, offshore renminbi bonds have attracted flows and are expected to continue to benefit from renewed investor interest.
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However, more support is still needed for women entrepreneurs in the region. Such are the findings of two new studies.
The bank has expanded the remit of its management team in Singapore to take account of its fast-growing South Asia business. It aims to centralise resources.
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Compliance officers at financial institutions outline how the cost of complying with a raft of regulatory reforms is dampening innovation and making it difficult to stay competitive.
Private equity and infrastructure specialists are trying to satisfy sovereign funds' rising demand for energy-related investments.
William Egan joins as head of mandate sales for prime services in Asia, with more hires expected. He was Barclays’ head of FX prime brokerage and OTC clearing in Singapore.
The bank has set up a new desk to target independent asset managers in Singapore in a segment it expects to catch on fast, as it has in Switzerland.
Asia buy-side traders are moving away from volume-weighted average price as an algo benchmark to better align interests with portfolio managers.
Qatar is partnering the UK bank on private equity opportunities, with Barclays putting investment staff in Doha. The QFC Authority says more seeding partnerships are pending.
Tsukasa Miyachi joins as a managing director to focus on Indonesia as one of a quartet of additions in Southeast Asia. The firm has over 100 private bankers covering Asia-Pacific.
They are positive about China and the eurozone, while emerging markets become the second most actively used asset class. Changing regulation is seen as the main challenge.
The UK bank’s asset management unit is about to launch its Portfolio Solutions offering for institutional clients in the region.
