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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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In this round-up, Macau RMB deposits and cross-border RMB trade settlement fall in February, ICBC launches RMB clearing in Thailand, the Shanghai FTZ expands four-fold, and Kenya hopes to become the RMB hub in Africa. -
The most eagerly awaited of all quota approvals came on Thursday with the news that the People's Bank of China (PBoC) had finally granted a Rmb50bn ($8.6bn) renminbi qualified foreign institutional investor (RQFII) quota to Luxembourg, a world leading domicile for investment funds.
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The inclusion of the renminbi in the International Monetary Fund's Special Drawing Rights (SDR) currency basket in the next SDR review later this year is by no means a foregone conclusion. But much progress has been made, according to participants at the Offshore RMB conference organised by market body Asifma this week in Hong Kong.
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Société Générale is planning to expand its coverage of alternate investment funds with its Orchestra multi-asset post-trade service and prime brokerage, having landed one client this week.
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Fund managers are increasingly keen on offering their clients exposure to renminbi assets. But with the dim sum market still dogged by illiquidity and small issue sizes, creative thinking is needed.
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This week’s official launch of the new free trade zones (FTZ) in the city of Tianjin and the provinces of Guangdong and Fujian has coincided with a new shortening of the negative list that determines which sectors in China are off-limits to foreign investors.
