Highlights of the Month

FTSE Russel announced its positive affirmation to include Chinese Government Bonds in to the FTSE World Government Bond Index (WGBI) with inclusion scheduled to start from October 2021. The inclusion is subjected to final confirmation in March 2021. This will be China’s third entry into a major global bond index.

Currency conversion and FX risk management arrangement under Bond Connect have been improved. Bond Connect investors are now able to conduct FX trades with up to 3 FX settlement banks.

Bond Connect trading hours have been extended to 20:00 (CST) since September 21. During the extended trading hours on the first day, Bond Connect investors traded actively and contributed 70% of the total turnover of overseas investment.  

In the primary market, BCCL facilitated Bond Connect investors in the direct subscription of NCD issuance by Ping An Bank.

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In September, PMIP disclosed the pre- and post-issuance information of 200 primary bonds including PFBs, NCDs, MTNs, financial bonds, enterprises bonds and financial commercial papers.