Pandas key to BNP’s China bond ambitions

BNP Paribas got a boost last month when it became just one of four foreign corporate debt underwriters in the China Interbank Bond Market (CIBM). The French lender’s head of global markets for greater China, CG Lai, explained to GlobalRMB that the licence showcased the growing maturity of the onshore market with Panda bonds the key to their plans.