Halfway up a 37-storey tower overlooking Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour, within walking distance from the People’s Liberation Army barracks and the classy Hong Kong Club, sits an unassuming office of a fund manager with an outsize role in the global financial markets. The spartan office, with two tiny flags of China and Hong Kong providing…
(Bloomberg) — China’s central bank governor said a steady yuan has contributed to the stability of global financial markets and economies around the world, drawing a contrast with a dollar that’s surged as part of fallout from Donald Trump’s tariffs. Most Read from Bloomberg While many currencies have depreciated recently against the greenback, the yuan…
The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) said it would tender central bank bills totalling 60 billion yuan (US$8.2 billion) in Hong Kong on Friday, marking the second time this year it has used the policy tool to stabilise the yuan amid tariff tensions with the US. The PBOC said it would tender 40 billion yuan…
Hong Kong can become a multicurrency bond hub and Beijing’s recently announced measures to expand the Bond Connect scheme will further enhance the city’s role as a prime destination for debt issuance, analysts said. Earlier this month at the Asian Financial Forum, People’s Bank of China (PBOC) governor Pan Gongsheng spoke about increasing the “asset…
China’s central bank chief Pan Gongsheng promised to park more of the country’s US$3.2 trillion foreign exchange reserves in Hong Kong, fanning speculation about how much more Beijing can earmark for the city’s assets. Beijing has always guarded the details of its forex portfolio reserves as classified information, so the exact amount of reserve funds…
Hong Kong’s finance minister will promote the city’s advantages as a “superconnector” and a “super value-adder” during a visit to Switzerland this week for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum. Paul Chan Mo-po said on Sunday he would take the opportunity to brief political and business leaders from around the world about the…
Hong Kong’s capital market plays a key role in the city’s financial system and national strategies but it falls short in many areas, according to Qi Bin, the deputy at the central government’s liaison office in the city. “Compared with international best practices, Hong Kong still has shortcomings in market regulation, transaction costs and corporate…
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. The trading week in Asia opens against an increasingly bullish global backdrop fueled by continued strength in U.S. stocks, but with local sentiment more circumspect due to the uncertainty surrounding China’s deep-rooted economic problems. The People’s Bank of China is expected…
China’s mortgage rate cut for existing properties will hardly make any impact for Ivy Cai, as the Shanghai-based homeowner is facing the burden of a 15,000 yuan (US$2,131) monthly repayment. She is expected to save a few hundred yuan per month once the rate cut, announced on Tuesday as part of a bumper round of…
It was presented as a bold stimulus to boost China’s ailing economy — but while it excited stock markets in Asia, Western economists were underwhelmed. At a rare press conference in Beijing on Tuesday, the usually gnomic governor of the People’s Bank of China, Pan Gongsheng, unveiled a range of measures designed to “support the…