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Indian Central Bank issues liquidity infusion

Last week the Indian Central Bank took us by a surprise with some of the retrograde steps which calmed down the unrest in the fixed income and equity...

Indian Central Bank issues liquidity infusion

Last week the Indian Central Bank took us by a surprise with some of the retrograde steps which calmed down the unrest in the fixed income and equity...

China Everbright fires president

Cites embarrassing trading errors.

Here are the key challenges for the new authority of finance in Taiwan

Head of Financial Supervisory Commission in Taiwan has been replaced in July. In his inauguration speech, Mr. Tseng M.J. pointed out that cross...

Why linking central bank base interest rate to unemployment level is unwise

Consultants and others who have perfected the art of talking a lot without saying anything (and getting paid for their efforts) are frequently in the...

China to form financial industry super regulator

Will coordinate monetary and financial supervisory policies.

Singapore’s private banking services sector by the numbers

Government says sector has created good quality jobs.

Major senior management reshuffle at MAS

Shake-up aimed at strengthening the central bank’s leadership.

RMB offshoring gathers pace

Over the past couple of years, the issuance of offshore RMB bonds has soared, with levels expected to reach the equivalent of 360 billion yuan this...

An over-engineered finance industry has gone too far

The other day I conducted a simple statistical experiment. I calculated the “value-at-risk” exposure for an hypothetical investment portfolio...

China removes cap on life insurance interest rate

Strengthens market-oriented reforms in its financial system.

Government says Singapore's banking system is sound

But is worried by rise in household debt.

China should consider allowing joint equity-banks

Private capital inflows should also be liberalized.