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New structures spark offshore push

By Rodney Diola

After a lukewarm start, China's Qualified Domestic Institutional Investor (QDII) scheme has picked up momentum as foreign banks employ financial engineering to offer products to Chinese investors reluctant to consider offshore investments. It is a small step but a useful one as the country grapples with excess liquidity

Grasping the full picture

By Rodney Diola

The lack of transparency in complex structured products and the lack of liquidity in the market means that banks need to get an accurate, integrated picture of their risk exposures across the entire business, rather than on a desk-by-desk basis