| * Asian markets drift awaiting ECB verdict * China bank shares find favour again * Ukraine signs shale deal with Chevron * Deutsche launches new China A shares ETF * China looks to Ukraine as food demand rises * Bangladesh garment workers set for 77% wage rise * South Africa to invest in China bonds Markets: mixed Asian markets drift awaiting ECB verdict
Asian markets were slightly lower ahead of an interest rate decision from the European Central Bank on Thursday and some important US economic figures.
http://on.ft.com/1eiAf7a China bank shares find favour again
Investors favour their low valuations and high return on equity, but ignore the problems facing the sector at their own peril
http://on.ft.com/19xJM6L Ukraine signs shale deal with Chevron
US group will gain rights to explore and eventually produce in two western Ukrainian regions that have estimated 2.98tn cubic metres of gas reserves
http://on.ft.com/17LwL98 Deutsche launches new China A shares ETF
Deutche Asset & Wealth Management has launched the first US listed ETF that provides direct access to the China A shares market
http://on.ft.com/17LwL99 China looks to Ukraine as food demand rises
With vast rich earth but antiquated infrastructure, the former Soviet nation is attracting Chinese companies hoping to secure stable crop supplies
http://on.ft.com/17LwJOM Bangladesh garment workers set for 77% wage rise
Bangladesh is set to raise the minimum wages for its garment workers by 77 per cent, after a series of paralysing strikes disrupted production at many garment factories over the summer, and again in September.
http://on.ft.com/17DcMfd South Africa to invest in China bonds
South Africa's central bank on Tuesday said a portion of the country's reserves would be invested in Chinese bonds for the first time as it looks to diversify its currency exposure and help insulate the reserves from any rise in US yields.
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Hang Seng up +0.28% at 23,103
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