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China Securities Regulatory Commission welcomes the prospect of A-share inclusion by MSCI, China’s State Council publishes a new negative list to make foreign investment easier in free trade zones, and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) makes its first equity investment. -
Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing (HKEX) could reinvent itself as a tech-friendly bourse by creating a board to host pre-profit companies and those with multiple share classes which would be a potential draw for the likes of Alibaba Group.
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The European Central Bank switches €500m-equivalent of dollar for renminbi in its FX reserves, the International Monetary Fund adjusts China’s GDP growth forecast while recommending a more transparent monetary policy, and Singapore does a policy U-turn to support One Belt One Road (OBOR).
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The concept of Bond Connect has rapidly transformed from market chatter into concrete policy proposals over the past few weeks. But as the anticipated launch date of July 1 draws closer, market participants remain concerned about potential risks, ranging from capital repatriation to the flexibility to switch between access programmes.
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Enthusiasm for green and social bonds is mounting, and revisions to the Green Bond Principles (GBP) announced this week may give the market a further lift. Many of the same debates still exercise market participants as in the past, but they appear less daunted by these conundrums.
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Cutting regulatory capital charges for green loans is one idea being considered by the EU’s High Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance, which is due to make its first report on July 18.
