Tag: central

Corporate

Agricultural Bank buys Hong Kong office for $630 million

ABC will use the 28-storey building as its Hong Kong headquarters, making it the first of China's big four banks to own its office building in the city.

By Lillian Liu | 16 May 2012

Macro & Markets

Hong Kong rents headed down in 2012

Rents in office, residential and industrial properties will fall, but retail rent will jump 12% in 2012, say property agents.

By Lillian Liu | 9 December 2011

View Point

Dubai is still positioning itself as the world's trading hub

Logistically it is a good idea – and it’s not just down to geography.

By Edward Russell | 2 July 2009

View Point

Why the Fed should be more opaque

Is it bad for central banks to be too transparent?

By Lara Wozniak | 9 May 2006

View Point

China's clever central bankers

China''s central bank is only partially sterilizing forex inflows, thus keeping interest rates low, inflation under control, and the currency peg stable, says Standard Chart ...

By Dan Slater | 23 January 2005

Book Review

The New Great Game: Blood and Oil in Central Asia, by Lutz Kleveman

An exemplary geographic and intellectual exploration by a courageous journalist.

By Dan Slater | 2 September 2004

Corporate

ICBC to run all international branches from new central hub in Shenzhen

China''s largest state-owned bank licenses Midas and Trade Innovation products for data centre.

By Elton Cane | 28 May 2003

Equities

Bank Central Asia completes secondary offering

The bank has successfully launched the first international equity offering from Indonesia in over a year, the last deal being its own IPO of May 2000.

By Jackie Horne | 8 July 2001

Cash

Congressmen hit Philippine central bank governor for Estrada withdrawals

After having the unenviable job of steering the monetary policy and the weakening peso during the impeachment trial of Estrada, Buenaventura faces another unenviable job of ...

By FinanceAsia Research | 8 February 2001

Debt

Philippine central bank faces financing decision

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has begun to consider the difficult task of how it might re-finance $400 million of eurobonds which fall due in February.

By Jackie Horne | 18 October 2000

Cash

Peso rises as central bank adjusts strategy

The peso rises, the central bank capitulates, and the traders are scared away.

By JTR Bentulan | 10 September 2000

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