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UAE set to benefit from further China investment in 2016
December 17th, 2015
An increasing number of Chinese companies are expected to invest in the UAE’s property and manufacturing sectors next year as the government encourages companies to look overseas for growth, officials said yesterday. Chinese companies are investing more abroad, allowing ...
China’s ICBC to open clearing bank in Russia to boost yuan-ruble trade
December 15th, 2015
The world’s largest bank by assets and market cap, China’s ICBC, is planning to open a clearing bank in Russia for trade settlements in yuan and rubles. “ICBC, as the biggest bank dealing with CNY business in ...
Asian markets trade lower, China bucks trend on IPO reform news
December 10th, 2015
Chinese stocks bucked a generally downward trend in Asian markets on Thursday to trade in positive territory after news broke that Beijing will finally introduce much-need IPO reforms. Oil prices, which remain under pressure due to a global supply ...
China Forex Reserves Fall to Lowest Level in More Than Two Years
December 8th, 2015
Numbers suggest Beijing is struggling to control capital outflows as a U.S. rate increase looms China’s foreign-exchange hoard fell in November to its lowest level in more than two years, reigniting concerns about Beijing’s ability to stem the outflow ...
China Begins G-20 Leadership With Ideas to Reduce Dollar’s Role
December 7th, 2015
South Korea, France to lead working group exploring SDR use China exploring ways to make system more resilient to shocks As China takes the reins of the Group of 20 for the coming year, the first indications are emerging ...
Russia’s Central Bank adds yuan to reserve currency basket
December 1st, 2015
According to the sources, the share of Russian reserves in yuan in the near future will remain small and symbolic Russia’s Central Bank has added the Chinese yuan to the foreign exchange reserve basket, two sources close to the ...
Asia shares fall on China caution, yuan jumpy ahead of IMF decision
November 30th, 2015
Asian shares fell on Monday as Chinese stocks extended last week’s sharp losses, while the yuan bounced in volatile trade hours ahead of an IMF decision on whether to promote it to a basket of global reserve currencies. MSCI’s ...
China Shares Fall Sharply as Regulators Investigate Brokers
November 27th, 2015
Chinese officials have ramped up scrutiny of the securities industry Chinese authorities’ investigations into two major Chinese brokerages over suspected violations drove shares in Shanghai sharply lower Friday. The Shanghai Composite Index fell 4.6% to 3468.13, wiping out most ...
ECB and the People’s Bank of China successfully test bilateral currency swap arrangement
November 27th, 2015
The European Central Bank (ECB) and the People’s Bank China (PBC) successfully test their bilateral currency swap arrangement The tests serve to confirm operational readiness and are not a precursor to activation of a swap Swap arrangement contributes to ...
Stocks Fall on China Selloff as Yuan Weakens; Commodities Slump
November 27th, 2015
Brokerages lead losses in Chinese shares on government probes Traders holding on to December Fed bets while ECB seen easing A selloff in Chinese stocks spread across Asia as falling industrial profits and a deepening probe of the financial ...
