Total Derivatives: 1s/5s CNY swaps steeper as 5y underperforms

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Total Derivatives: 1s/5s CNY swaps steeper as 5y underperforms

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Front-end CNY swaps were bid today amid further upward momentum in the fixings. However, 1s/5s swaps steepened up as 5-year swaps underperformed the shorter-end. New rules by the Chinese regular will help bolster capital ratios for the big banks, writes Deirdre Yeung of Total Derivatives.

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