Citi Securities Services has settled trades for China Asset Management on Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing’s Synapse platform
Designed to create improved efficiency and transparency for the market, Synapse is the latest enhancement to Stock Connect — a mutual market access programme that connects Mainland Chinese markets with those in Hong Kong
Citi aims to offer a complete end-to-end solution, from trading and research to custody, clearing and settlement, to international investors investing in China
Citi indicates that it has executed the first tranche of northbound trades with offshore investors through Swap Connect, the trading link for interest rate swap contracts between Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland
Jiangsu Eastern Shenghong Co has selected Citi’s Issuer Services as the depositary bank for its GDR programme
Sunwoda Electric Company and Hangzhou GreatStar Industrial Company have chosen Citibank’s issuer services as the depositary bank for their global depositary receipt programmes, listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange.
Since signing an MoU in 2019, SIX has been working with the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges to establish a GDR Stock Connect offering to encourage mutual access for Chinese and Swiss market participants
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) has announced a collaboration with the China Foreign Exchange Trade System (CFETS) and Shanghai Clearing House (SHCH) to create a mutual access programme for interbank interest rate swap (IRS) markets
Brian Bollen analyses current market access to Asia and the continent’s approach to ESG reporting, as well as the wider effects of shortening settlement cycles for a number of its territories
As more markets — namely the US, Canada and India — look to shorten their trade settlement cycles from a T+2 model to T+1, Aneet Shah, managing director and head of custody product and network management at RBC Investor & Treasury Services, shares his insights on how market participants can manage the transition
In the 1970s, China experienced its first financial industry boom, now as a new decade approaches, a new technology boom is on its way
Currencies are evolving as technology spurs ahead and borders cease to exist
Tom Casteleyn of BNY Mellon suggests DLT will not radically transform the business model in the next three to five years, however, it will see small-scale solutions in areas where significant problems exist today
Amid much complexity, Andrew Gordon, Managing director for Asia at RBC Investor & Treasury Services outlines what he thinks will dominate the agenda at FundForum Asia 2017
Investing in onshore Chinese securities is getting easier, and the benefits will reach far and wide. Florence Lee of HSBC Securities Services explains
Asia Pacific countries need to work together to make the most of foreign investment, according to Lawrence Au of BNP Paribas
Find out what BNP Paribas market players discussed at a recent briefing focusing on China’s economy and new opportunities emerging from the London Shanghai Stock Connect
Julien Kasparian, head of Hong Kong at BNP Paribas, explains the financial services industry in Hong Kong and how it competes globally
Uniquely positioned to connect China to the global funds industry, Hong Kong is doing just that, and it seems HKEx is just getting started
Automation of Asia’s back-office is only the beginning of a series of changes that will bring domestic and global growth to the region
