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

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.