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Friday's headlines, Financials edition

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MUFG set to halve workforce in Hong Kong and Singapore - Financial Times

GREATER CHINA

China's 2015 Stock Crash Was 'Inevitable,' Former Securities Czar Says - Caixin
Another Finance Veteran Gets Senior Provincial-Level Job - Caixin
Noose Tightens Over Consumer Lending in East China - Caixin
China's banks surge into 'perps' market to bolster capital - Financial Times
UPDATE 2-Hong Kong c.bank tracks Fed cut, hopes for calm amid protests - Reuters
Central bank maintains rediscount rate - Taipei Times
DBS Bank Taiwan offers credit card for the very rich - Taipei Times

JAPAN AND KOREA

4 nonlife insurers to raise insurance premiums by 4% - Jiji Press
BOJ keeps policy steady, signals chance of easing in October - Reuters
Kuroda Inches Toward October Easing But BOJ Holds Fire for Now - Bloomberg News
Fed rate cut gives BOK more room to maneuver - The Korea Times
Hana Financial Investment under FSS probe for front-running - The Korea Times
Digitization forces brokerages to shut down branches - The Korea Times

ASEAN

Allianz General, Anora and Solarvest ink MoU to further promote renewable energy - Bernama
UOB expands in China's Greater Bay Area with branch in Zhongshan City - The Straits Times
MAS chief to head BIS' Asian Consultative Council - The Straits Times
Investors in S'pore 'pay more in mutual fund fees' - The Straits Times
Malaysian financial assets up 5pc in 2018, bucking global trend, says Allianz - Malay Mail
CEZA suspends operations of cryptocurrency firms - The Philippine Star

SOUTH ASIA

PNB to raise up to Rs 3,000 cr through Basel III compliant bonds; key things - Financial Express
SBI Alert! State Bank of India withdraws repo rate linked home loan scheme - Financial Express
Top Shadow Banker Calls Time on India's Credit Crisis - Bloomberg News
There's room for more rate cuts, says RBI Governor - Mint
IIFL Wealth makes good debut as investors raise bets on wealth management biz - Mint

Banks will have to take more haircuts in NBFC resolution process: Das
- Press Trust of India
Three IL&FS entities turn green after signing terms sheet with lenders - Press Trust of India
Oriental Bank to offer retail and small biz loan products linked with repo from Oct 1 - Press Trust of India

AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND

IPO timetables fact in late October pause - The Australian Financial Review
KKR dials credit fund raising up to $825m - The Australian Financial Review
Big four back away from private equity - The Australian Financial Review
Lenders in new push to clamp down on borrowers' hidden debt - The Australian Financial Review
FSC backs regulators' statement on life insurers - Insurance Business Australia
ARPC picks new COO - Insurance Business Australia

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.