Malaysia
South Korea and Indonesia set up currency transactions framework
Move is latest regional effort to bolster use of local currencies for settling trades
Asian central banks deploy FX reserves to prop up currencies
Analysts remain confident in Asia’s financial stability, but recession risks are building
Foreign corporates rally round new Thai baht hedge rules
Cheaper onshore pricing draws non-Thai corporates to Bank of Thailand’s new FX hedging scheme
FX Markets Asia Awards 2020: The winners
Citi lands four wins in this year’s awards
Jittery ringgit spurs options growth in Malaysia
Local corporates seek new hedging tools, but longer-term options liquidity lacking
Market turmoil causes traders to pull back to vanilla strategies
Emerging markets spreads tighten but liquidity still patchy
Philippines joins regional payment settlement network
Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand already in system that aims to spur local FX markets
Refinitiv to keep Klibor contract with Bank Negara Malaysia
The firm will continue to administer the country’s interest rate benchmark
RJ O'Brien hires Patimova in London
Elena Patimova joins RJO from London Metal Exchange
Malaysian central bank strengthens onshore hedging
Bank Negara is complementing last year's NDF restrictions with a more open onshore market
Renminbi overtakes ringgit for Malaysian payments to China
The US dollar still accounts for the overwhelming majority of payments from Malaysia to the red dragon
Emerging market risks diverge further as Fed hike looms
Standard Life updates its EM heat map to assess resistance to future shocks
Spotlight on: Clive Banks, BNP Paribas
The global head of FX and local market sales at BNP Paribas in London talks to Joel Clark about the bank’s plans to strengthen and expand its FX franchise over the next three years, with a particular focus on technology and emerging markets
Emeap: Cross-border collateral may alleviate dollar funding strains
Executives’ Meeting of East Asia-Pacific Central Banks says crisis revealed shortcomings in regional money markets; swaps deals, cross-border collateral could alleviate some problems
Sharia forex products take off
HSBC and other banks are expanding their offerings of sharia-compliant foreign exchange products.