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Friday's headlines, Financials edition

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GREATER CHINA

China Everbright Group to restructure, pursue billion-dollar HK IPO - Reuters
U.S. Weighs Currency Pact With China as Part of Partial Deal - Bloomberg News
Tycoon’s Death Adds to Mounting Controversy Facing UCF Holdings - Caixin
China's central bank skips reverse repos for 5th day - China Daily
ICBC unveils new solutions for regional integration - Shanghai Daily
Exchange provider CME Group expects bitcoin options to be a hit with Asian cryptocurrency traders, miners - South China Morning Post

JAPAN AND KOREA

South Korea’s biggest hedge fund freezes redemptions - Financial Times
Regulator vows initial approval for new internet bank by year-end - Yonhap News Agency
FSS looks into Lime's suspension of fund redemption - The Korea Times
New South Korean investment schemes aim to prop up domestic industry - The Economist

ASEAN

JPMorgan targets Asia's growing wealth with Singapore trust company - Reuters
GIC, Temasek help drive corporate purchases by sovereign funds to $34b in third quarter - The Straits Times
Temasek said to rule out investment in mega Saudi Aramco IPO - The Straits Times
DBS mulls pitch for Bank Permata Indonesia - The Business Times
Australia's AMP to merge banking, domestic wealth management businesses - The Business Times
Family office advisers see rising interest in leaving Hong Kong - The Business Times
Samsung teams up with Dana, GoPay to provide Samsung Pay - The Jakarta Post
Khazanah's divestment proceeds not to pay govt debts, says Azmin - Bernama
BNM to continue extending financial service reach and depth to Sabah community, SMEs - Bernama
Insurance industry posts lower premium income - BusinessWorld
Rediscount loans drop - BusinessWorld
BoT maintains monetary policy as buffer - Bangkok Post
BoT clarifies loans under debt restructuring scheme - Bangkok Post
Korean banks focus more on Việt Nam for impressive growth - Viet Nam News
Vietcombank given greenlight to open branch in Australia - Viet Nam News
SeABank ups capital to US$403 million - Viet Nam News

SOUTH ASIA

Amazon, Walmart Will Help Save India’s Banks - Bloomberg Quint
Edelweiss Financial Services arm moves court to recover dues from DHFL - Press Trust of India
Mastercard India elevates Vikas Varma to COO - Press Trust of India
Muthoot Finance to raise up to USD 2 bn from foreign markets to fund biz growth - Press Trust of India
Muthoot Finance employees' stir ends - Press Trust of India
Iffco-Tokio moves IRDA in J&K Bank case - The Economic Times
RBI gives nod for Kerala Bank - Press Trust of India
IndusInd to further reduce exposure to Anil Ambani's embattled Reliance group - The Economic Times
With Lakshmi Vilas Bank deal behind us, it is business as usual with more agility: Indiabulls - Press Trust of India
LVB to continue fund raising after RBI rejected merger with IndiaBulls - Press Trust of India
IndusInd Bank Q2 net jumps 52% to Rs 1,401 cr; gross NPAs up 2.2% - Press Trust of India
Umbrella organisation for liquidity support & self regulation of UCBs soon - Business Standard
Half a dozen public sector banks cut lending rates by 25 basis points - Press Trust of India
Govt to set up panel to amend co-operative bank regulatory framework: FM - Mint
Sebi comes out with framework for issuance of depository receipts - Press Trust of India

AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND

AMP's Credit Suisse old boys pursue private bank model - The Australian Financial Review
AMP combines banking, wealth arms - The Australian Financial Review
CLSA hires ex-Citi, Deutsche research analysts - The Australian Financial Review
Regulators want customers to switch banks - The Australian Financial Review
Big banks face shareholder vote on coal lending - The Australian Financial Review
Netwealth outperforms but cash rate risks remain - The Australian Financial Review
Shaws presents new buy now, pay later float contender - The Australian Financial Review
NAB boosts social housing sector - The Australian

The Daily Dose Asia-Pacific "Headlines" edition aggregates banking, financial services and insurance headlines from the websites of a limited number of major Asian and Australian publication titles and newswires, with an editorial deadline of 6 a.m. Hong Kong time. Language translations to English are provided by an automated service and may not be entirely accurate.