HFT Investment Management has given BNP Paribas Securities Services custody of its recently launched renminbi (RMB) qualified foreign institutional investor (RQFII) fund offerings...
China Construction Bank in Asia has become Multifond’s latest Asian client, choosing to implement the firm’s fund accounting, portfolio accounting and a transfer agency and investor servicing systems...
HSBC has been appointed sub custodian to Harvest Global Investments’ RQFII ETF tracking CSI300 Index which is the first Luxembourg domiciled RQFII UCITS listed on London Stock Exchange...
HSBC has become the custodian bank for the first RQFII ETF (RMB Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor Exchange-traded Fund) to be listed in Europe...
Guernsey’s financial services regulator, the Guernsey Financial Services Commission (GFSC), has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Chinese Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC)...
The Luxembourg regulator CSSF has authorised the first Renminbi Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (RQFII) fund under the Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (UCITS) scheme...
Deutsche Bank China has received an inter-bank bond settlement agent licence from People’s Bank of China...
In light of increasingly international cross-border fund distribution, BNP Paribas Securities Services announced intentions to launch a full range of services targeting local funds in Hong Kong...
Currencies are evolving as technology spurs ahead and borders cease to exist
Camille Thommes of ALFI explains how the financial behemoth that is the Chinese market could learn more than a little from Luxembourg
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
Cian Burke of HSBC discusses the opening of China’s doors to its capital market through the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect initiative
HSBC’s head of client management in Asia Pacific talks to AST about how the market has weathered the global financial crisis, forthcoming regulatory changes and opportunities in the region
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
What will Asia’s much-mooted fund passports mean for transfer agents? Experts discuss the possibilities
AST discovers what it takes to service a fund in Vietnam
