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Set to go live from May 15, the mutual market derivatives initiative marks a world first for international trading that is set to facilitate the increased internationalisation of renminbi.

Solid growth and an encouraging economic outlook make Indonesia attractive. But one key facet is still dragging on the economy, former finance minister Muhamad Chatib Basri says.

China, Taiwan, Korea, and Japan could all have new central bank chiefs within months. The newcomers, or the incumbents if they stay, all face important policy challenges.

The region’s debt capital markets could be vulnerable to contagion effects due to shift in global risk sentiment, says the Asian Development Bank.

The Indian central bank’s ill-fated attempt to stabilise the rupee will come at the expense of macroeconomic stability.

Reports that the current head of the ADB will be appointed as Japan’s new central bank chief cheered investors yesterday.

Alongside an interest rate cut that heralds more bad economic data, China's central bank gives lenders greater freedom to set their own rates.

Nomura poaches yet another RBS banker, Henrik Melph, to head sales to central banks and sovereign wealth funds.

An apparent change in behaviour by these institutions may be affecting investors' approach to the metal, says the World Gold Council.