HSBC participates in HKMA's RMB Trade Financing Facility

flow article: Origination of trade lending assets and then distributing them to other financial institutions and investors makes the scaling up of financing trade possible. 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸 provides key takeaways from panel discussions at the 51st ITFA (International Trade & Forfaiting Association) in Singapore with insights from Deutsche Bank's Clarissa Dann, together with a wide range of external experts, including Jing Zhang, Claudia Lopes, Sheleena Govind, Aarti Mohapatra and Jonathan Lonsdale. Click here to find out more: https://lnkd.in/emwatrnb Boris Jaquet

🤝 Trust is the foundation of international trade — yet building it can be complex when counterparties come from different regions and banking systems. A recurring challenge arises when sellers in Western markets are hesitant to accept banking instruments issued by counterparties in Asian or African countries. This gap in trust often delays or even prevents otherwise valuable trade flows. At such crossroads, innovative trade finance solutions step in: ✔️ Third-party guarantees from reputable international banks or insurers ✔️ Structured trade finance facilities that mitigate counterparty risk ✔️ Collateralised arrangements ensuring payment security ✔️ Advisory support to structure transactions that meet compliance and credit requirements By bridging these trust gaps, businesses can unlock opportunities, expand markets, and grow sustainably — while ensuring that no geography is left behind in global trade. 🌍 At West Moon Capital, we help counterparties design robust trade finance structures that bring confidence to both sides of the table. #WestMoonCapital #TradeFinance #InternationalTrade #EmergingMarkets #GlobalTrade #FinancialAdvisory #TrustInTrade #StructuredFinance

HSBC has made a HK$106bn ($13.6bn) offer to buy out minority investors in Hong Kong lender Hang Seng Bank as it presses ahead with a restructuring plan. Hang Seng Bank has been hard hit by Hong Kong’s recent property slump, with its non-performing loan ratio at 6.7 per cent at the end of June — an all-time high. In 1965, HSBC acquired a controlling 51% stake in Hang Seng Bank, after the latter suffered a significant bank run during a financial crisis. https://lnkd.in/gwF-5dsC

HSBC Plans to Privatize Hong Kong Subsidiary Hang Seng: London-headquartered HSBC has announced a plan to privatize Hong Kong-based subsidiary Hang Seng Bank. #HSBC #HangSeng

"Completing our first Swap Connect trade in Europe is a landmark for ICBC as we expand our global derivatives offering," said Chen Zhao, Deputy Head of Financial Market at ICBC Luxembourg Branch. "This transaction demonstrates both the growing demand from international clients to hedge China exposure and our ability to provide them with robust, efficient access to the onshore RMB market." #FinTech #CapitalMarkets #Derivatives #ChinaMarketAccess #SwapConnect #Bloomberg #ICBC #GlobalFinance #InterestRateSwaps #FinancialInnovation https://lnkd.in/dkFPBTmk

🔥 #hottopicsofsibos, with Trade Treasury Payments (TTP)'s Joy Macknight featuring Sofia Hammoucha, Global Head of Trade and Working Capital at Standard Chartered. TTP spoke to her about how banks and corporates cope with the uncertainty in global trade relations and the meaning of this years Sibos theme "The next frontiers in global finance". You heard it here first, #hottopicsofsibos! Stay tuned for more. #TTPatSibos #Sibos2025 #globaltrade #globalfinance

//David Yim, head of capital markets for Greater China and North Asia at Standard Chartered, pointed out that in July Beijing allowed non-bank financial institutions, such as #insurance companies and #asset managers, to invest in #bonds in Hong Kong via the southbound route of the Bond Connect, boosting liquidity in the market. “This can potentially provide a huge amount of liquidity in the #dimsum bond markets,” Yim said.// #yuan #renminbi #chinaopening

Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) are set to launch a new round of thematic reviews into how intermediaries sell complex debt products, following a survey that revealed significant sales volumes of these instruments in 2024. https://lnkd.in/dFPM8rJf

The latest innovation in trade finance isn’t just incremental — it’s transformative. At their core, international payment instruments embody guarantees, promises, or obligations made by specified parties to pay exact amounts — either on demand or at predetermined times. These commitments are typically memorialised in formal documents detailing the promisor’s obligation. The latest innovation? Transaction Guarantee instruments now provide up to 100% non-payment risk cover to confirming banks on trade finance transactions involving eligible issuing banks. This marks a significant step in strengthening global liquidity, trust, and resilience in cross-border trade. #InternationalTrade #TradeFinance #GlobalBusiness #FinancialInstruments #InternationalBanking #RiskManagement #ExportFinance

A consortium of Japan's three largest banks - Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMBC), and Mizuho Financial Group - is collaborating to issue stablecoins pegged to the Japanese yen and the US dollar, a landmark move to modernise corporate finance within a new national regulatory framework. https://lnkd.in/dckS4pJK