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RENMINBI CONVERSION CAP LIFTED IN HONG KONG

China | Capital Markets In a major step toward opening China’s capital account, Hong Kong and Shanghai have linked their equity markets and abolished the cap on how much Chinese currency Hong Kong residents may purchase (or sell) daily.

Banking

RENMINBI TRADING: FIRST HUB SET FOR RENMINBI IN NORTH AMERICA

Canada & China | Capital Markets Canada and China have agreed to support the increased use of renminbi in trade, commerce and investment between the two countries.

Banking

RUPEE INTERNATIONALIZATION: SAUGATA BHATTACHARYA, AXIS BANK

Q&A | Capital Markets Saugata Bhattacharya is the senior vice president and chief economist at Axis Bank in India.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

SHAREHOLDER ACTIVISTS JOIN FORCES ACROSS THE ATLANTIC

Shareholder Activism | Management Shareholder activism—when investors in a company use their equity as a lever to pressure management—is booming and will grow dramatically on both sides of the Atlantic through mid-2016

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

TRADE FINANCE: FINANCING UNMET DEMAND IN EMERGING MARKETS

Emerging Markets Trade Finance | Special Report Although barriers to trade have declined, gaining access to trade finance is challenging in some markets.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Basel Committee Tries to Address Discrepancies in Bank Capital Ratios

Which banks are best-capitalized? The answer is not that easy, if Basel III risk-based capital ratios are the only thing looked at. It depends a lot on what is observed.

Award Winners

CHINA: A NEW ECONOMY IN THE MAKING

Annual Survey | Stars Of China Something’s changed this year. Midmarket innovators are taking the lead, Internet companies are now world-beaters, and banks are staking their ground in a whole new way.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

A LONG WAY OFF – RISE OF THE RENMINBI

FX Supplement 2014 | Renminbi Expansion Despite media hype, the renminbi still has some way to go before challenging the dollar as a major currency for international trade.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

A WATERED-DOWN EEU

Milestones | Commonwealth Of Independent States In October, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia put the finishing legal touches to the creation of the Eurasian Economic Union, which comes into being on January 1, 2015.

Banking

CEFIS’ DUAL FOCUS ON BANKING AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Management | Transaction Banking Alberta Cefis is retiring from Scotiabank after building its global transaction banking business practically from the ground up.

Banking

CFTC CONSIDERS REGULATING BITCOIN DERIVATIVES

Trends | CryptoCurrencies There are potential benefits that bitcoin or bitcoin-like technology—as opposed to the cryptocurrency itself—could bring to the derivatives marketplace.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

CROSS-BORDER M&A DOUBLES AS COMPANIES ENTER NEW MARKETS

Capital Markets | Mergers & Acquisitions Global cross-border mergers and acquisitions totaled $1.1trillion during the first nine months of 2014, more than double the level of the same period a year earlier, according to Thomson Reuters.