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Staking activities using two funds will be made available on April 25 and May 15, respectively.

The cooperation includes a new arrangement between the HKMA and AMCM to facilitate a cross-border investment channel to clear, settle, and hold bonds registered in either market; bond deals are climbing strongly in Macau.

Read on for the winners of the 29th iteration of the FinanceAsia Awards, across mainland China, Hong Kong SAR, Mongolia, South Korea and Taiwan.

US president Donald Trump has ordered a 90-day pause on retaliatory tariffs above the 10% already imposed, except for Chinese goods, with tariffs now at 145% after China retaliated; Trump has now put tariff exemptions on smartphones, electronics and computers.

The US-China trade war, sparked by US president Donald Trump's tariffs, looks like it is just beginning, with global markets set to be on a roller coaster for weeks; China has now retaliated further.

FA recently caught up with Jo Miyake, head of banking, Asia and Middle East at HSBC Corporate and Institutional Banking, on capital allocation shifts, cross-border opportunities, sustainable financing and regulation.

Filipinos and Korean nationals will be able open bank accounts and access other financial services in the each other's respective markets, using credit records and a API.

The move to help address a number of funding issues, will benefit Bank of China, China Construction Bank, Bank of Communications, and Postal Savings Bank of China.

Global investors, with the majority in Asia, participated in the deal which included five year, 10 year and 30 year senior bonds, and is the largest US dollar bond issuance in Hong Kong in the Reg S format; the funds will help drive infrastructure development.