The revolutionary Stock Connect linking China and Hong Kong’s equity markets will now be rolled out to bonds, ETFs and a swathe of other asset classes. Danielle Myles investigates what these will look like, whether they will succeed – and if the market actually wants them.    

In line with Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 blueprint to diversify the country’s economy away from oil, its capital markets are being liberalised and broadened to include regional and foreign investors. James King reports.

Debate is raging about whether fund flows out of bonds and into equities signals a fundamental shift in capital markets. ECM and DCM chiefs at the biggest investment banks say there is no direct trade-off between the two asset classes, but they do expect dealflow to change. 

Brazil’s confounding equity market can rise even when the economy dives and political scandals break. However, 2016 was so chaotic that initial public offerings struggled to launch. Politics permitting, things are about to change, writes Thierry Ogier.

China’s domestic bond market is the third largest in the world, yet it is largely untouched by foreign borrowers. Danielle Myles looks at the five hoops that panda bond issuers must jump through to access what is tipped to become Asia’s most important asset class. 

Alejandro Berney, chief executive of Argentina's central depository Caja de Valores, talks to The Banker about how the country can defy the naysayers and enjoy a bright capital markets future.