Chinese renminbi (RMB)
HKMA offers banks RMB repo facility
RMB repo facility established as part of continuing process to internationalise currency and deepen RMB markets
HKMA focuses on offshore renminbi: Norman Chan interview
Proximity and tradeflows have seen Hong Kong emerge as the default centre for offshore renminbi trading. Norman Chan, chief executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, explains how his organisation aims to facilitate the market’s further development
UK financial chiefs throw weight behind London’s RMB initiative
London will become the next offshore centre for RMB trading, vows UK chancellor George Osborne, supported by banking heads from Bank of China, Barclays, Deutsche Bank, HSBC and Standard Chartered
Bank of Korea to invest in renminbi in 2012
Head of reserve management Heung Sik Choo confirms Bank of Korea will make first investments in Chinese renminbi this year
China raises QFII quota by $50bn to $80bn
Chinese authorities more than double the investment quota available to approved foreign institutional investors wanting to invest directly into China’s restricted financial markets
LatAm corporates eye China for bonds and swaps
Latin lessons
China prepares for launch of cross-border ETF market
In the tightly regulated Chinese economy, the launch of ETFs linked to overseas shares marks a new form of investment vehicle available to mainland investors. However, challenges still remain due to structural differences in Chinese manufactured ETFs
Hong Kong retail investors look to ELIs for their yield needs
Retail investors in Hong Kong are favouring equity-linked investments on the back of more stringent regulatory requirements for structured products. At the same time, the appetite for foreign exchange-linked products – most of which escape the new rules …
HSBC appoints new head of European credit trading
Asif Godall to replace Paul Gooding, who will lead HSBC’s offshore RMB venture in London
HKEx mulls launching RMB commodities exchange
Potential first RMB commodities exchange to be launched in Hong Kong
Lack of long-dated instruments hampering offshore RMB market
A strong demand for long-dated offshore RMB instruments is not being met by the market, according to one Hong Kong corporate
Markets braced for tough 2012 in FX
Market participants share their expectations for a challenging year ahead in the foreign exchange industry
Video: Schroders HK chief bullish on development of offshore RMB bond market
Lieven Debruyne, chief executive of Schroder Investment Management (Hong Kong), is eyeing up opportunities in the dim sum bond market
Index roundup
Index roundup
Asia Risk Congress 2011: Offshore renminbi bonds held back by illiquidity in longer tenors
Investors and issuers remain concerned about China's capital account liberalisation programme, and their ability to hedge longer-term risk
China gives boost to 'dim sum' bonds
A taste for dim sum
FX Week Asia: World economy 'needs alternative reserve currency'
Chinese renminbi looks poised for reserve status, but still no consensus on when it will happen due to forces beyond "anyone's control", senior academic tells FX Week Asia conference in Singapore
A flying start for offshore renminbi but equity structures in short supply
Offshore appreciation
CME delays dollar/renminbi futures due to settlement system issues
The US exchange operator hopes to create a transparent, liquid futures contract for renminbi, offering an alternative to the privately negotiated market. But the launch was delayed due to settlement system problems and some traders believe the exchange…
Special report: Foreign exchange
Asian currencies on the rise
Renminbi internationalisation poses potentially fatal risks
Restraining the risks
Offshore CNY deliverable forwards in Hong Kong to outgrow NDFs
Rising offshore renminbi interbank rates in Hong Kong have made its deliverable forwards market the cheapest forum compared with NDFs and onshore forwards for corporates to hedge, bankers say
Asia Risk institutional derivatives rankings 2011
Asian assets decouple
Time for a single reserve currency is over, warns Gulliver
HSBC chief executive expects renminbi to become a reserve currency within 15 years and shares the bank’s outlook for the Chinese currency