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* Crypto funds distributed in Hong Kong will require SFC license

* Property led the rise, but investors unsure if rally will last

Danske Bank's third-quarter report does not show significant customer decline following the bank's money laundering scandal in Estonia, but it is too early to assess if it will have a big impact on business volumes, the CEO said.

* Pound has biggest daily rise in two months (Adds political context)

Private equity firm Carlyle Group has hired a senior official from Morgan Stanley for its Japan operations as it shifts target to spin-offs of businesses by large Japanese companies, two people with knowledge of the hiring said.

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British and EU officials sceptical over finalising an equivalence regime this month

* Asia HY market trades down after Evergrande's high-coupon bonds

Stocks in China rose for the third straight day on Thursday after the politburo, a top decision-making body of the ruling Communist Party, announced policy measures to support capital markets and the economy. ** The Shanghai Composite index edged up 0.13 percent to close at 2,602.78 while the blue-chip CSI300...

China's outstanding medium-term lending facility (MLF) was 4,931.5 billion yuan ($709.26 billion) at end-October compared with 5,383.00 billion yuan at end-September, the central bank said on Thursday.

China's central bank has told some commercial banks to issue corporate bonds using credit risk mitigation (CRM) tools, said two sources familiar with the matter, amid a broad push by regulators to ease funding conditions for private firms.