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People’s Bank of China reaffirms commitment to Green Finance at FinTech Festival
PBOC will consider issuing mandatory requirements for financial institutions to disclose environmental-related information.
December 09, 2020
Global Economy
Booming exports in Covid-19 crisis let China stomach stronger RMB
China’s ability to export more goods means officials will be in no rush to rein in their strongest yuan in more than two years.
November 20, 2020
Broker's Calls
Why buy a Developed Market government bond when you can get a Chinese one instead?
A DBS team have found that Chinese Government Bonds are starting to behave like hedges under financial stress.
October 12, 2020
Tech
Why cryptocurrencies need to be regulated
(Sept 8): Chinese regulators this week dealt a huge blow to the cryptocurrency market after the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) banned initial coin offerings (ICO) and asked all related fundraising activity to be halted immediately.
September 08, 2017
China Focus
Positive for larger China banks amid PBOC rate hike
SINGAPORE (Feb 8): UOB Kay Hian says the increase in interest rates for standby lending facility (SLF), medium-term lending facility (MLF), and reverse repo by the People’s Bank of China will be “positive” for large banks in China.
February 08, 2017
Investing strategies
Grey swans emerge globally with the dawn of a Trump era
SINGAPORE (Jan 24): Tail risks, no matter how unlikely, are not entirely implausible, exceptionally rare, or unknown. Despite falling short of base case expectations, the improbability does not undermine their potential impact to financial markets.
January 24, 2017
Marina Bay Sands drawn into China currency control battle against casinos
SINGAPORE (Dec 30): Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands has found itself in the crosshairs as China takes aim at casinos in the region in its battle to keep billions of yuan from flowing out of the mainland.
December 30, 2016
China eyes PBOC veteran Zhang as next IMF deputy: reports
BEIJING (May 20): China plans to nominate Zhang Tao, a central bank veteran with years of experience at multilateral development banks, to replace International Monetary Fund Deputy Managing Director Zhu Min, Caixin magazine reported.
May 20, 2016
China Focus
China’s 1 trillion yuan muni issues show yet to kick debt habit
SHANGHAI (May 19): Global banks are redoing the math on the apparent slowdown in Chinese borrowing in April to include 1 trillion yuan ($211 billion) of regional government notes. The conclusion: the debt binge is far from over.
May 19, 2016