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Chinese borrowers are itching to take advantage of cash rich investors in the offshore debt market but many have been delayed by the country’s registration process. This is leading to speculation that the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) is trying indirectly to control the outflow of capital. Morgan Davis reports. -
Emboldened Congressional Republicans ramped up attacks against the US Federal Reserve on Wednesday, taking aim at the central bank’s role in negotiating international financial rules and its bond purchase programmes. But chair Janet Yellen was defiant, and said the Fed would remain a part of the Basel negotiations.
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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.
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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.
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Clearstream, one of Europe’s largest settlement platforms, joined the European Central Bank’s Target 2 Securities (T2S) platform last week — a long-awaited move which could ease the collateral crunch facing banks, as well as pave the wave for a switch to new settlement technologies such as blockchain.
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Proposals for the treatment of covered bonds in the net stable funding ratio (NSFR) could spur structural innovation, may incentivise issuers to manage collateral more efficiently and, according to Fitch, could spur secondary market trading.
