Highlights of the Month

Bond Connect celebrated its 3rd anniversary on July 3, The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) Deputy Governor and State Administration of Foreign Exchange Administrator Pan Gongsheng announced four new measures including fee reduction, trading hour extension, expansion of trading platforms and primary market service offering enhancements to further enhance the Bond Connect scheme.

Total monthly trading volume of Bond Connect in July was RMB 446.9 billion, with a new record high of RMB 75.5 billion net inflow. In addition, over 70 investors have successfully executed their first ever Bond Connect deal in July.

BCCL hosted 2 Webinars featuring Zheshang Securities and State Street on Asset allocation in China Fixed Income Market and FX offering under Bond Connect respectively.

Investors

Trading

Primary Market

In July,  PMIP disclosed the pre- and post-issuance information of 181 primary bonds including PFBs, NCDs, MTNs, panda bonds, perpetual bonds, tier-2 capital bonds and financial commercial papers.