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The RMB Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (RQFII) programme grew again in November, with China’s State Administration of Foreign Exchange (Safe) giving out four new licences and the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) assigning a further Rmb4bn in quotas to two institutional investors. -
In this round-up: PBoC issues RQDII programme rules, RMB is used for more than 10% of China payments in 50 countries, 30 central banks hold RMB in their currency reserves, and Hong Kong renews its RMB swap agreement with China.
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Australia's newly granted offshore renminbi hub status will enable it to build stronger cross-border linkages with China, its largest two-way trading partner, with big benefits expected for international RMB trade and investment, says Andy Whitford, Westpac Institutional Bank’s head of Greater China.
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After all the hype, the reality was always going to be a disappointment. But the slightly subdued launch of the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect programme earlier this month, and in particular the minimal use of its southbound channel for mainland investors to buy Hong Kong stocks, has nonetheless surprised many observers. The northbound quota, meanwhile, is being slowly but steadily used up.
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GFI Group has launched dollar-denominated market agreed coupon (MAC) swaps on its swap execution facility. The firm now offers live tradable prices for such contracts in a central limit order book on its electronic trading platform known as RatesMatch.
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The derivatives exposure method in the recently issued Basel III Leverage Ratio Framework and Disclosure Requirements may hit firms' ability to use cleared derivatives to hedge risk, two industry bodies believe.
