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  • The idea of China using its own currency to buy and sell commodities on the global market attracts plenty of scepticism. But the Gold Connect that launched in Hong Kong last month and a new trading platform in the Shanghai free trade zone (FTZ) show that China is serious about its plans to make the RMB into a global commodity currency.
  • New cross-border financing schemes are being introduced across the four Chinese free trade zones (FTZs), with the newest three, in Guangdong, Fujian and Tianjin, seeing plenty of success after just four months of operations, according to foreign banks.
  • In this round-up, China's cross border RMB trade settlement falls in July, Seoul plans to launch RMB/Won futures in October, Moscow Exchange sees growing CNY/Rouble spot and swaps turnover, China's central bank issued its yearly financial stability report, and the UK's foreign secretary said during a visit to China that London would keep supporting RMB internationalisation initiatives.
  • PricewaterhouseCoopers has called for an overhaul of regulations which are hurting market liquidity, as part of a major new report on the state of liquidity in financial markets, commissioned by the Global Financial Markets Association and the Institute for International Finance.
  • The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) said on Thursday that it would allow qualified foreign entities to participate in the onshore foreign exchange market in a move that is aimed at helping encourage the convergence of the onshore and offshore renminbi FX rates. The development came in an already turbulent week for the RMB, which has seen a big devaluation as the PBoC changes its approach.
  • Technical preparations for the Shenzhen stock bridge are under way, but Chinese market turbulence may delay plans, said Hong Kong Exchange Group (HKEx) chief executive Charles Li at a press briefing on August 12. Meanwhile, HKEx saw record CNH futures volumes after the recent PBoC fixing reform, with Li noting markets now had real need of hedging RMB positions.