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Public pension schemes have sold shares in coal, oil and gas companies but are still funding expansion of the gas industry through infrastructure funds
Key points of contention include the investor sanctions regime and the definition of 'resilience'
European and other regulators are working on reforms to make covered bond funding more efficient
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China gave a clear signal of its ambitions for the long awaited Cross-Border Interbank Payment System by launching it with a series of debut transactions by China and international banks in at least three different continents. CIPS, which was up and running on October 8, is expected to play a key role in the next stage of RMB internationalisation. -
People’s Bank of China (PBoC) named Bank of China Zambia branch (BoC Zambia) as the latest RMB clearing bank, the central bank said in a statement on 30 September.
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China held a series of high level government meetings with the UK and France in September. One of the most publicised pieces of news was the London’s plan for a Stock Connect but perhaps just as important are a number of moves by Euronext to facilitate Chinese investment on its platforms and develop new RMB products.
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The days of the renminbi as a stable currency with high investment yields are gone, but this is good in the long run for banks that want to have a healthier CNH balance sheet, says Andrew Fung, executive director and head of global banking and markets at Hang Seng Bank.
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The renminbi became the fourth most used currency for payments in August, overtaking the yen with a share of 2.79% of global payments, beating the Japanese currency by a small margin of 0.03%, Swift said in an October 6 report.
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Luxembourg’s local fund industry association published a guide for institutions who want to join the RMB qualified foreign institutional investor (RQFII). It comes after the country was awarded a quota of Rmb50bn in April 2015.
