Opinion | Hong Kong’s Chinese bond futures are a major step for the global yuan
Making Chinese treasury bond futures tradeable on Hong Kong’s stock exchange adds the interest rate hedging component markets have demanded.
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On August 3, five-year Chinese treasury bond futures began trading on the Hong Kong stock exchange.
Market attention has focused on the new product, but its real significance emerges when set against the deep shifts under way in the international monetary system.
History offers a clear lesson: no currency has graduated from a trade settlement currency to a genuine investment and reserve currency on the strength of trade flows alone.
Behind every reserve currency stands a government bond market of sufficient depth and a complete framework for managing the risks of holding those bonds.
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