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The ratings review finished with both upgrades and downgrades linked to senior bonds now being subordinated to regular deposits
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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In the confusing world of China’s investor access programmes, one thing regulators have made clear is that hedge funds are not welcome. The launch of the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect gave the industry access the mainland markets, but the recent stock market trouble has seen regulators take a much harder stance.
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The Standard Chartered RMB Globalisation Index (RGI) rose 2.3% in July, on the previous month — its first positive result in four months — despite the stock market rout that has weighed on Chinese market sentiment, the bank said in a September 8 report. -
In this round-up, Russian bank VTB tightens co-operation with China Development Bank, latest Hong Kong and Singapore deposit data, the Azeri state oil fund reports first holdings of RMB in its foreign currency reserves, and Bank of China and China Construction Bank H1 2015 reports highlight progress in cross-border RMB business.
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Trading transparency proposals that could see vast swathes of European bond markets wrongly classified as “liquid” have come under fire from UK, German and French securities regulators, which have sent a letter to the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) expressing concerns about the plan.
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The vast majority of payments from South Korea to China and Hong Kong are now processed in RMB, Swift said in its latest RMB Tracker report issued on September 1. A day earlier, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (Safe) said it had added three new Seoul-based institutional investors to the RMB qualified foreign institutional investor (RQFII) programme in August, with 60% of the Rmb80bn ($12.4bn) country quota now distributed.
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In this round-up, Stock Connect trading surges this week, HKEx reports record levels of RMB futures trading, AIIB chooses a Chinese national as its president.
