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Riding out the rise

Stakeholders in the Asian recovery have a nervous eye on the region’s central banks for signs as to when interest rates will rise this year – something that could weigh on equity returns and devalue the portfolios of bondholders. Changes in rates…

Interest rates call

HSBC is offering US investors a 10-year investment in interest rates that pays 7% in year one and potentially as much in following years. The product is wrapped in a certificate of deposit, but investors may lose out if HSBC exercises its call at five…

Sponsored forum: Settlement risk

Unlike other asset classes, the settlement mechanisms in the foreign exchange market appear to have worked well, even when market turmoil was at its height late last year. Risk and roundtable partners CLS, Citi, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank and HSBC…