Custody & Clearing
What you must know about CNH's onshore deregulation and offshore expansion
                                                                                 
                    
                    
  	The Shanghai Free Trade Zone (SFTZ) opened on 29 Sep. 
                
                                
            What you must know about CNH's onshore deregulation and offshore expansion
                                                                                                                 
                            
                            
  	The Shanghai Free Trade Zone (SFTZ) opened on 29 Sep. 
                        
                                                
                        
    
                    Why RMB globalization is still a long way off
                                                                                                 
                        
                        
  	Efforts to globalize the renminbi (RMB) reached a milestone when the currency joined the league of the most-traded currencies for the first time.
                    
                                        
                    
                Will Qianhai jeopardize Hong Kong’s position?
                                                                                                 
                        
                        
  	In mid-2012, the China’s State Council approved the development of the Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone.
                    
                                        
                    
                Singapore, Japan establish cross-border collateral deal
                                                                                                 
                        
                        
  	To enhance financial stability in Singapore.
                    
                                        
                    
                CIPS to debut in Shanghai in 2014
                                                                                                 
                        
                        
  	3Part of campaign to internationalize the RMB.
                    
                                        
                    
                Things you must know about JP Morgan's newly-launched Collateral Central
                                                                                                 
                        
                        
  	Find out what the 'virtual global longbox' does.
                    
                                        
                    
                Hong Kong's dominant role to remain in RMB trading
                                                                                                 
                        
                        
  	Given that RMB is fungible offshore, the emergence of new offshore centres simply expands the existing regime instead of creating competing systems...
                    
                                        
                    
                Taiwan becoming a local hub for RMB settlement and trading
                                                                                                 
                        
                        
  	Two days before the Singapore's announcement, financial institutions in Taiwan formally launched their RMB business after signing currency clearing...
                    
                                        
                    
                Does mandatory margining of non-cleared swaps make sense for Asia?
                                                                                                 
                        
                        
  		The Asian banking community is anxiously following the debate around the BCBS/IOSCO proposed mandatory margining of non-cleared swaps that began...
                    
                                        
                    
                Why Singapore is well-equipped to facilitate RMB trading
                                                                                                 
                        
                        
  	On 8 February, the People's Bank of China announced that the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Singapore) will become the RMB clearing bank in...
                    
                                        
                    
                RBS appoints Joseph Braitsch as head of futures and options for AsiaPac
                                                                                                 
                        
                        
  	He will also head the Electronic Futures Execution team.
                    
                                        
                    
                BOC to serve as renminbi clearing bank in Taiwan
                                                                                                 
                        
                        
  	The Taipei branch of Bank of China will serve as a clearing bank for renminbi transactions in Taiwan.
                    
                                        
                    
                Standard Chartered appoints Alan Naughton as global product head for investors & intermediaries
                                                                                                 
                        
                        
  	And Andrew Hempshall is global head of solution delivery & service, investors & intermediaries.
                    
                                        
                    
                JP Morgan launches direct custody & clearing platform in Hong Kong
                                                                                                 
                        
                        
  	Michael Drumgoole was appointed as Asia Pacific head of the business.
                    
                                        
                    
                Malaysia's CIMB launches money transfer service to 5 Asian countries
                                                                                                 
                        
                        
  	CIMB launched its international money transfer service, SpeedSend, to Myanmar, Vietnam, India, Bangladesh and Nepal.
                    
                                        
                    
                Bangkok Bank wants broader use of Yuan as settlement currency
                                                                                                 
                        
                        
  	Bangkok Bank is awaiting once China's central bank approval to allow yuna to be used as a settlement currency.
                    
                                        
                    
                Singapore expects getting yuan-clearing bank soon
                                                                                                 
                        
                        
  	Singapore moved a step closer to getting a yuan-clearing bank after issuing full banking licences to two Chinese lenders.
                    
                                        
                    
                 
            	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
								 
						 
								 
						 
						 
				 
								 
								 
								 
																					
											
																			 
																					
											
																			 
																					 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                