Hong Kong

What you need to know about China's "Q-expansion"

In recent days, China has approved 32 foreign institutions to invest in its domestic bond market worth USD 5.9 tn, mainly via the QFII (Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor) and RQFII (Renminbi Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor) schemes.

Standard Chartered 1Q15 PBT down 22% YoY at $1.4b

There were weaker revenues and lower provisions.

Does Asia's finance and banking market seek your skills?

Following the slowdown in recruitment activity before the Chinese New Year, an increasing number of jobs are becoming available in the accountancy, finance, and banking sectors in Asia. Here are the latest skills in demand across the region from the Hays Quarterly Report.

Macro-prudential measures good news for Hong Kong banks

It means more resistance to property downturns.

Indian banks dominate SNL Financial's top-performing bank stocks in 2014

Bangladesh dominated the worst-performing list, meanwhile.