Asia Morning Headlines: HSBC eyes listing of £20bn UK bank, India’s ruling p...

To view this email as a webpage, click here     Monday December 09 2013     Asia homepage   HSBC eyes listing of £20bn UK bank   Bank has had board-level discussions and made investor inquiries about creating a separately listed subsidiary amid similar activities by its peers       India's ruling party routed in elections     Business salutes WTO trade deal     Riot spoils Singapore's harmonious image     QBE profit warning sends shares tumbling     India's top banker targets bad debts     Shark fin and suitcases in China austerity net     China relaxes grip on interest rates     South Africans join in prayer for Mandela     South Korea widens air defence zone         World News   Ukraine security services allege coup plot   SBU's move came as what appeared to be largest crowds yet in 18 days of protests continued calls for Kiev to sign historic EU integration agreements rather than strengthen ties with Russia       Independent Scots face higher food bills     Bitcoin fuelling rise in cyberattacks     France deploys 1,600 troops to CAR     Thai crisis deepens as PM calls election   Markets   Revenge of the Stockpickers threatens   Opportunity for active fund managers to reassert themselves and set a seal on Triumph of the Drones under which passive managers have dominated sales       BIS warns over loose lending conditions   Asia & Pacific News   Japan passes controversial secrecy law   Abe forces through bill tighteneing security and imposing tough new penalties in face of bitter opposition from journalists, academics and many Japanese people       Reasons not to fear superchildren     India's state voters spurn Congress party     UK goods aided by passport of quality     China relations thawed slower than thought   Asia-Pacific Companies News   HSBC set to leap the Vickers ringfence   UK lender's potential spinout of its UK arm is a logical extrapolation of the ringfencing requirements set to be introduced for banks in the country       Shake-up at lackadaisical Indian lender     World diary: December 9 - December 15     Samsonite seeking acquisitions in China         Manage email    Forward this email   Feedback    Manage portfolio Subscribe to the FT Follow the FT   Unsubscribe | My Account | RSS | Privacy Policy | About Us | Help   © THE FINANCIAL TIMES LTD 2013 You have received this email because you have signed up from the NBE preference page. This email was sent by a company owned by Pearson plc, registered office at 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL. Registered in England and Wales with company number 53723.