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Six foreign investors have become the first to gain unrestricted admission to the China interbank bond market (CIBM), according to a recently published list. -
In this round-up, Hong Kong sees further drops in its RMB deposits base in June, new RMB futures contracts on the Hong Kong Exchange (HKEX) reach trading records in early August, and a Chinese regulator sets up a working group to prepare for the Shenzhen Connect launch. Plus, a recap of GlobalRMB's top stories this week.
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With the World Bank set to issue a ground-breaking bond denominated in IMF special drawing rights (SDR) in China this month, markets are starting to take a closer look at what the odds are for the SDR to pull off its transition to a real-world financial instrument.
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Tullett Prebon has extended its land grab in hybrid voice brokerage across trading classes, with a foreign exchange platform launch this week adding to recent manoeuvres in other areas such as rates and credit derivatives.
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Dovish actions taken by the Bank of England last week, particularly its sterling corporate bond buying programme, helped send short dated credit and equity implied volatility near to their post-crisis lows, prompting traders to begin to roll out of short volatility trades and size up potential bumps in September.
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Bank capital structuring has become a bit more boring. With little fanfare, regulators have killed some of the most interesting new products in the market before they got off the ground — meaning bank capital alchemy is no more.
