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Hong Kong should keep the peg – opinion

June 14, 2012  


From Frances Yoon

The former HKMA head who has championed the island’s 29-year-old peg against the US dollar is now calling for a currency review. But change will be hard to come by for the foreseeable future.

Joseph Yam should be complimented for bringing the validity of Hong Kong’s currency peg into the public sphere for review. The sensitive nature of the topic has left discussions mainly behind closed doors, which is why his proposal has provoked...


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SOUTHEAST ASIA DCM

Rank Bookrunner Parents Deal Value $ (Proceeds) (m) No. %share 2012 YTD Rank
1 Standard Chartered Bank 3,991 32 8.9 2
2 HSBC 3,710 35 8.3 4
3 Goldman Sachs 3,333 2 7.4 12
4 Deutsche Bank 2,895 14 6.4 8
5 Citi 2,774 9 6.2 5
6 JPMorgan 2,288 7 5.1 3
7 DBS 2,106 25 4.7 1
8 Siam Commercial Bank 1,835 16 4.1 21
9 Barclays 1,586 3 3.5 9
10 CIMB Group 1,523 27 3.4 13
Subtotal 26,040 123 57.9
Total 44,958 212 100.0



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