China to more than double scale of Swap Connect
Wing Lam
As the appeal of the dollar as the global reserve currency diminishes, Chinese authorities are working to position the yuan as a viable alternative…
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Fang Xinghai outlines importance of futures market in two speeches
Howard Shen
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CSRC releases interim provisions on the management of futures positions
Xiaorui Zhang
The passage of the Futures and Derivatives Law signaled Beijing’s intention to ensure that the domestic derivatives markets are properly regulated following a string of scandals that exposed the potential for trading to destabilize the broader financial markets and bring huge losses to small investors…
Regulators approve GFEX lithium carbonate derivatives
The GFEX’s development is critical to China’s low-carbon transition – and many of the key industries driving it…
CSRC inaugurates listing of SSE STAR Market 50 ETF options
Leon Reilly
Greenlighting more derivative products like this is an important part of efforts to achieve Beijing’s goal of building a more sophisticated capital market dominated by long-term, institutional investors. This product also …
Swap Connect expected to launch this quarter
The Swap Connect will increase the international appeal of China’s financial markets by giving foreign investors a way to hedge their exposure to Chinese fixed-income products.
CSRC issues draft of revisions to regulations on futures industry professionals
Alex Yang
This is yet another regulation aimed at fleshing out the broad regulatory framework set out in the Futures and Derivatives Law. Derivatives are an increasingly important and rapidly expanding part of China’s financial system,
CSRC calls for comment on proposed derivatives trading supervision rules
As the CSRC points out, these measures are largely aimed at getting China’s over-the-counter derivatives market aligned with international standards, as agreed upon by G20 leaders in 2009. Just as was the case with the Futures and Derivatives Law, this piece of complementary regulation serves to ensure the development of a more sophisticated, robust, and secure Chinese derivatives market…
PBoC extends CNY trading hours
More than 60 offshore banks and other financial institutions are CFETS members. Longer trading hours mean they can trade CNY – rather than offshore CNH – at more convenient times…
CSRC approves launch of industrial silicon futures on Guangzhou Futures Exchange
Polysilicon is a crucial raw material for solar panel production and silicon is key for making semiconductors, which are in just about every electronic device you can think of.