S&P Global Market Intelligence believes digital banking contenders Sea and the Grab-Singtel consortium are the most likely to gain coveted digital bank licences in Singapore.
TMA published feedback from market participants on HONIA as the successor to HIBOR in late December but unlike its US counterpart SOFR, Asian businesses are taking time to adapt.
Tewoo's debt restructuring breaks the market's assumption that offshore creditors will get full repayment in debt workouts. Investors in China's SOEs need to brace for more defaults.
The tool, which was deployed in the UK and Hong Kong on August 30, will be rolled out in a further 39 markets through 2020.
A recent whitepaper commissioned by Deutsche Bank looks at the need for effective regulations for cross-border data sharing and the ethical use of artificial intelligence.
Financial firms can’t seem to come to an agreement on the unofficial “pre-cessation” trigger that will signal the beginning of the end for Libor. Meanwhile, SOFR faces some controversy.