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Ex-offenders in Singapore can work in financial services
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has no rules against hiring ex-offenders for positions in the financial services sector, deputy prime minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam has confirmed.
`Trump is a businessman’, China reasons
Despite slamming the country as a trade “cheater” and “currency manipulator”, Donald Trump has not received a rough response from state-run media.
Risk on! Trump wins, investors stunned
Donald Trump has won the US presidential election, riding a wave of global anti-establishment sentiment and in a Brexit-like manner, upending the status quo. Republicans also won a majority in both the Senate and House of Representatives.
Fidelity pulls from UK for senior Asia appointment
The firm has brought Ben Waterhouse from Fidelity in the UK to head the intermediary business for Southeast Asia and the Middle East and serve as country head of Singapore.

CIFM focuses on A-share earnings
Mainland companies with stable earnings and low valuations are preferred amid uncertainties around the globe, said Jenny Szeto, Hong Kong-based senior fund manager at CIFM Asset Management.
The FSA Spy market buzz – 04 November 2016
Jupiter hires; Zurich veteran resurfaces; HSBC’s sales; Citibank’s strategy; marketing dilemmas and much more.
SDR inclusion sends billions into China treasury bonds
Despite a weakening RMB, foreign holdings in Chinese government bonds grew another RMB 12bn ($1.78bn) to RMB 398bn ($58.9bn) last month, the 12th consecutive month of increase.
Singapore and Hong Kong race for fintech edge
Regulators are moving at uncharacteristic speed, signing cross-border fintech agreements, creating `sandboxes’ and talking up the advantages of their home markets as fintech innovation hubs.
The Brexit debate: What exactly do we know?
As the British government struggles to trigger an exit from the European Union, fund distribution heads at some of the biggest names in the industry share their thoughts on the implications for their UK and European operations.