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  • It has long been the preserve of the literati and the chattering classes who might normally look to raise art high above wealth in importance.
  • All the indications are that Singapore is losing economic ground to immediate regional neighbours and – a bigger, more distant threat – Hong Kong and mainland China to the north. The financial authorities and some investment bankers deny that there is a problem, or at least one that can’t be solved, but ideas for a change of direction are thin on the ground.
  • There should be cost advantages to using a pan-European equities exchange such as Virt-x. However, some potential users say complexity outweighs savings and much of Virt-x’s market share is Swiss stocks.
  • The incumbent governor of the Bank of Thailand has clearly taken the experience of his two immediate predecessors to heart. Troubled by one’s profligacy with the kingdom’s foreign currency reserves he would like his own powers curbed. However, he may also be concerned about the other’s dismissal after a dispute with the prime minister about interest rates and is keen to assert the independence of the central bank
  • In last month's column, I wrote about the revolution in Korea's economic model, moving from a high savings, high investment, export-led economy to a more mature, consumer-led, market economy. That structural change is also visible in Taiwan but with some important differences.
  • Asset managers face tough choices on technology spending, even as transaction volumes fall and margins shrink. Regulators’ push for T+1 settlement will require expensive upgrades of existing systems or purchase of new ones. Handing over the middle and back office to the revamped custody banks is an alternative. But fund managers are wary of outsourcing.
  • Vulture funds – or distressed-debt investors, as they’d rather be called these days – have never had it so good. The supply of distressed-investment opportunities is at an all-time high. It’s going to stay that way for a while yet – regardless of whether the global economy booms, slumps or just bumps along.
  • Nearly six months ago, the MTS bond markets were offered a shortlist of clearing houses. It should be a simple choice between the London Clearing House and Clearnet but the process is dragging on. The cause of this delay may be that Gianluca Garbi, CEO of EuroMTS, is trying to force decisions in Clearnet’s favour.
  • Dubai is moving fast to develop an international financial centre with strategic links to western markets. Its plans are ambitious but UAE regulatory problems, regional rivalries and simmering political tensions might prove to be stumbling blocks.
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