Hong Kong
HKEX to push ahead with cross-border bond trading scheme
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) has outlined plans to push ahead with the introduction of a ‘Bond Connect’ scheme to give foreign investors wider access to the Chinese debt market, similar to the way the Stock Connect program bolsters trading between Hong Kong and Shanghai.
Hong Kong regulator shuts suspected boiler rooms
Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has frozen a total of HK$600,000 ($77,000, £54,000) in the bank accounts of three suspected boiler rooms.
Tan out, Barrows heads Hong Kong after FPI restructure
Charles Barrows has been named the new managing director of Friends Provident International Hong Kong with immediate effect, following a restructure which saw the departure of former Asia chief James Tan.
Hong Kong advisers suffer regulatory headache
Announcements from two Hong Kong regulatory bodies could make the already challenging IFA market even more confusing and difficult to navigate in 2016.
State Street Global Advisors hires new head of Asia ex-Japan
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA), the asset management arm of State Street Corp, have appointed June Wong as senior managing director and head of its Asia ex-Japan business.