Bloomberg The recent flood of cash into Indian stock funds is just the beginning, as the nation’s growing savings chase equity returns amid decreasing appetite for gold, property and fixed income, according to Morgan Stanley. “We’ve just started, the party has just begun,” said Ridham Desai, managing director at Morgan Stanley India Co. Pvt. The nation’s total financial savings are …

Bloomberg Ethereum and bitcoin dropped after South Korea banned domestic initial coin offerings (ICOs) and margin trading in cryptocurrencies. The Financial Services Commission in Seoul said all forms of ICOs are prohibited in the country, including projects that share profits, rights, dividends, and other ‘coin-style’ offerings, according to a statement. The commission also banned practice of loaning funds to trade …

Bloomberg Chinese offshore dollar bond issuance will reach as much as 80 percent of the Asia ex-Japan market in three to five years as buying support from the region grows and the country continues its reform drive, according to Goldman Sachs Asset Management LP. Issuers from China accounted for about 60 percent of dollar-denominated bonds priced in Asia excluding Japan …