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  • China gives blessing to onshore FX hedging

    The State Administration of Foreign Exchange (Safe) has followed up on a promise made at the end of last year, announcing on Monday that foreign institutional investors are now allowed to enter the onshore FX derivatives market.

    • 28 Feb 2017

  • This week in renminbi: February 27, 2017

    Things kicked off with a weaker dollar fix by PBoC, while China’s banking authority got a new chairman last week, and the securities regulator said it will increase foreign ownership limits for China brokerage ventures.

    • 27 Feb 2017

  • CIPS upgrade delaying NYC RMB clearing

    The upcoming launch of the second phase of China's cross-border interbank payment system (CIPS) is understood to be delaying the launch of clearing activities in the recently established New York RMB hub, GlobalRMB has learned.

    • 23 Feb 2017

  • Financial liberalisation still on for China, says Safe’s Pan

    Recent capital control measures enacted by China have led to concerns that the authorities might be reversing past efforts to liberalise the country's financial markets. But the administrator of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (Safe), Pan Gongsheng, is adamant that more reforms are on the cards especially in regards to attracting more inflows.

    • 14 Feb 2017

  • Hope lives for China bond investments

    The opening of the China interbank bond market (CIBM) has allowed more foreign investors to dip their toes into the market. But despite the reforms and the increasing likelihood of a bond inclusion in global indices, global investors are still wary of the market.

    • 10 Feb 2017

  • RMB 2.0: Entering the digital realm

    Renminbi internationalisation could soon be renamed renminbi digitalisation as the People’s Bank of China continues to make inroads to becoming the first major central bank to issue its own digital currency, according to a report from King & Wood Mallesons (KWM).

    • 09 Feb 2017

  • Luxembourg eyes Brexit, CIBM for RMB opportunities

    The Brexit process and the further opening of the Chinese capital markets are pushing Luxembourg fund managers to sharpen their focus on China, Marc-Andre Bechet, director of legal and tax, Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (Alfi), told GlobalRMB.

    • 07 Feb 2017

  • Foreign corporates get to grips with RMB curbs

    Intervention by Chinese authorities to stabilise RMB markets on and offshore have ushered in a difficult phase for foreign corporates, who once again are facing issues of trapped cash and tougher liquidity conditions.

    • 02 Feb 2017