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  • The Basel Committee’s new trading book rules don’t force banks to split into subsidiaries or to ringfence capital. But they will still revolutionise how investment banks run their trading businesses.
  • The People’s Bank of China will impose reserve requirement ratio (RRR) on offshore RMB deposits starting from January 25, the central bank said on Monday. Many market participants reckon the move shows the determination of the PBoC to stabilise the renminbi.
  • China’s central bank drew a lot of criticism this week for its decision to intervene in the offshore renminbi market. But David Bloom global head of foreign exchange strategy at HSBC, says the People’s Bank of China was correct in trying to stop the CNH depreciation.
  • In this round-up, China's RMB trade settlement touches a new high, Hong Kong RMB clearing grew by 30% in 2015, South Korea's RMB deposits shrank by 75% over the year, Singapore plans closer cross-border RMB co-operation with China, and several Belt and Road initiatives were announced. Plus, a recap of GlobalRMB's top stories this week.
  • The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) published its final version of new rules for trading assets at banks. The rules will push up market risk regulatory capital requirements by 40% – but are still far less punitive than the industry had feared, especially for the securitization market.
  • Volatility in Chinese equity and foreign exchange markets is spooking investors but the cheaper RMB and more reasonable valuations for A-shares might provide an ideal entry point for investment into the Mainland.