Initiated by China, the Belt & Road was to promote free trade and connectivity between Asia, Africa, and Europe via a huge infrastructure investment

In the search for investment yield, one asset class that is expected to grow significantly in the coming years is global local currency bonds, with recent macro conditions set to spur new demand.

A full quarter has elapsed since Bond Connect was launched, and the mood remains confident.

China is keen on deepening its bond footprint, and the world should take notice.

This year marks a decisive year in the global economy, and the transaction banking industry that facilitates it. In every region, we have seen how eCommerce, new technology and changing regulations are prompting new business models, faster or real-time payment methods and changing customer expectations, both at a consumer and corporate level. While the underlying trends may be similar, however, the implications for transaction banking in each region are quite different, demanding a multi-faceted approach to address the distinct strategic challenges and opportunities.

Asia’s high-yield bond market has had an impressive year so far – and it’s set to continue.

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Malaysia’s infrastructure financing market is well ahead of many of its peers, proving time and again that it can support greenfield financing when many other countries are still focused on funding pure brownfield projects.

Cyber security is a growing problem as the frequency and diversity of attacks continues to increase. While many attempts are rebuffed by existing defences, the number of successful recent attacks has elevated cyber security to a critical risk that is beginning to feature regularly in C-Suite strategic discussions.

Standard Chartered recently chaired a panel discussion themed Charting The Future Growth Of Risk Management And How To Manage A Longer Custody Chain. Not surprisingly, an area of initial discussion focused on the somewhat complex and convoluted web of intermediaries, technologies, jurisdictions, processes and costs sitting between the beneficial owner or investor and the securities issuer that exist in this cycle.