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• The week in renminbi: Individual investors can purchase local government debt, China and Russia tighten trade connections, Stock Connect celebrates fourth anniversary

  

  In this round-up, wealthy Chinese individual investors now have access to local government bonds, Russian and Chinese leaders in the financial industry are meeting to strengthen mutual market access, and northbound trading volume via Stock Connect reached Rmb8.77tn.

  • 05:15 AM

• China Exchanges launches HK biotech index

  

  China Exchanges Services Co (CESC), a joint venture between the Hong Kong, Shanghai and Shenzhen bourses, has launched an index to track the performance of Hong Kong-listed biotechnology companies.

  • 16 Nov 2018

• China market round-up: Hedge fund waits for China reset, Bond Connect volumes are down, SGX launches China bond indices

  

  Well-known hedge fund manager says China reset coming, Bond Connect volumes down 15% in October and Singapore Exchange launches a set of China onshore bond indices.

  • 16 Nov 2018

• New index spotlights Big Food for US obesity

  

  The first US Access to Nutrition Index has been published for investors, aiming to guide them on which big food companies are doing better and worse at feeding the American public healthily.

  • 15 Nov 2018

• China may be first to cut green loan risk weights after Ma calls for it

  

  Ma Jun, a member of the People’s Bank of China’s monetary policy committee, has come out in favour of altering bank capital rules to give lower risk weights for green assets — which could be a sign the PBoC is close to adopting the policy. He calls on China to lead the way and argues there is evidence green assets are less risky.

  • 15 Nov 2018

• European DMOs question sovereign green bond trend

  

  Debt management officials from four European countries sounded warnings about the growing sovereign green bond market at the Association for Financial Markets in Europe’s government bonds conference in Brussels this week. The warnings come as the Netherlands gears up for its debut next year. Owen Sanderson reports.

  • 15 Nov 2018

• SRB spells out Brexit expectations for banks

  

  The Single Resolution Board published a position paper on Brexit on Thursday in which it explained that it would take a "case-by-case" approach with banks that fail to meet the minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL) as a result of the UK’s departure from the European Union.

  • 15 Nov 2018

• After block trade success, Bond Connect investors eye hedging

  

  Bond Connect investors and service providers are looking at further upgrades for the scheme following the recent move to allow block trading. At the top of the list is a desire among investors to increase their hedging options, which trading platform Tradeweb is working to deliver, the firm tells GlobalRMB.

  • 15 Nov 2018

• Regulators protect bonds from restrictive PRIIPs rule

  

  European regulators and the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority have hit back against what they see as on overly restrictive interpretation of the European PRIIPs rules, intended for structured products. The rules, which came in in January this year, have led some issuers of vanilla bonds to hold back from offering these to retail clients because they were worried about new documents required.

  • 13 Nov 2018

• Citi aims to double-hat onshore till new JV partner found

  

  Citi is looking to strengthen its solo operations in China at the same time as seeking a new partner for a majority-owned securities joint venture, GlobalCapital Asia understands.

  • 13 Nov 2018

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