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Hong Kong will double the supply of yuan available for banks to borrow, in the latest step to meet growing demand and help China boost the global use of its currency....

China's central bank will support Hong Kong's monetary authority to double the amount of yuan liquidity available to local banks, helping them increase yuan lending and enhancing the city's role as an international offshore centre for the mainland currency. People's Bank of China (PBOC) deputy governor Zou Lan said at the Asian Financial Forum (AFF) in Hong Kong on Monday that the central bank would provide more funding to allow the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) to double the yuan......

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Hong Kong's local currency and offshore yuan bonds are expected to maintain their growth momentum in 2026, driven by deepened market benchmarks and demand, according to a senior banker. The broader Asian bond market, excluding Japan, has had a busy start to 2026, with high-profile issuances in Hong Kong dollars and offshore yuan leading the way, riding on last year's record volumes. On Friday, Kuaishou Technology sold a 3.5 billion yuan (US$502 million) five-year note – known as a dim sum bond –......

Kuaishou Technology plans to raise a combined US$2 billion from a dual-currency bond sale as the short-video platform operator tapped the debt market to strengthen its businesses. The company would issue two tranches of US$1.5 billion bonds and 3.5 billion yuan (US$502.4 million) of bonds, it said in an exchange filing. The US dollar bonds maturing in January 2031 will carry a coupon rate of 4.125 per cent, while those due in January 2036 will 4.75 per cent. The yuan bonds will have a coupon......

Hong Kong stocks opened higher on Tuesday as global investors broadened their focus beyond US markets, fuelling gains across Asian equities, while the yuan advanced to its strongest level against the US dollar since May 2023. The Hang Seng Index surged 1.8 per cent to 27,074.42 as of 9.45am, the Hang Seng Tech Index rallied 1.6 per cent. On the mainland, the CSI 300 Index edged up 0.3 per cent and the Shanghai Composite Index slipped 0.1 per cent. Chinese pharmaceutical and healthcare shares......

A strengthening Chinese yuan has added to a flurry of catalysts driving stocks in mainland China and Hong Kong to solid starts in 2026, with history suggesting the uptrend could hold. The CSI 300 Index of yuan-denominated onshore equities and the Hang Seng Index have risen more than 3 per cent this year after the currency breached the key 7 per US dollar level, a point not seen in two and a half years. Historical data indicates that a stronger yuan bodes well for Chinese stocks. HSBC Qianhai......

Leading banks from Southeast Asia and the Middle East – including OCBC, Bangkok Bank, First Abu Dhabi Bank and Qatar National Bank – have joined the Hong Kong Monetary Authority's (HKMA) expanded yuan liquidity facility, underscoring the city's push as a global offshore renminbi (RMB) business hub. The HKMA said on Monday it had doubled the quota it allocated to banks under the Renminbi Business Facility to 100 billion yuan (US$14 billion) from December 1, the maximum allowed under the......

Hong Kong is expected to see a rise in bond issuance across multiple currencies in 2026, driven by rising demand for non-US dollar assets amid geopolitical tensions and government initiatives to strengthen the city's capital markets, according to industry players. As part of efforts to promote the local bond market, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) launched a blueprint in September to expand yuan-linked products and widen the investor base......

Hong Kong is ramping up efforts to expand the use of local currencies across the Asia-Pacific region, including developing a local currency debt market, as part of a push to hedge against rising geopolitical risks, according to Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) CEO Eddie Yue Wai-man. Speaking at the fourth edition of the Asean+3 Economic Cooperation and Financial Stability Forum in Hong Kong on Tuesday, Yue underlined the need to strengthen regional financial ties as Hong Kong and its......

Currency exchange shops, once a ubiquitous feature of Hong Kong's retail landscape, are in a gradual, irreversible decline, with their closure precipitated by the pandemic, stricter licensing regulations and adoption of an array of convenient digital payment systems. The number of registered currency exchange shops in the city has more than halved to around 1,050 from a peak of nearly 2,500 in 2018, before the social unrest and border closures brought tourism to a standstill for three years,......

The Hong Kong dollar's peg to the US dollar will not change despite recent volatility and a “mild erosion” of the US dollar's dominance, according to John Greenwood, the economist behind the city's currency mechanism. Hong Kong's currency board system acted “as designed” during a tumultuous year for the local dollar, Greenwood said on Tuesday during a briefing in the city. Earlier this year, a rare liquidity surge from the Hong Kong Monetary Authority's (HKMA) defence of the currency peg sent......

Hong Kong's monetary authority will launch a Renminbi (RMB) Business Facility from next month to support banks in offering yuan loans to companies, a move that aims to promote trade finance and direct investment as the city strengthens its role as an offshore yuan hub. The new facility would replace the 100 billion yuan (US$14 billion) in trade finance liquidity introduced in February, with several major enhancements to be rolled out in the following months, said Eddie Yue Wai-man, chief......

Hong Kong unveiled a blueprint on Thursday for its fixed income and currency markets, including measures to expand offshore yuan products and liquidity to consolidate its role as an international financial hub. The Roadmap for the Development of Fixed Income and Currency (FIC) Markets, jointly unveiled by the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), sets out plans to broaden offshore yuan usage and expand cross-border Connect schemes to enhance......

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) cautioned investors that no stablecoins pegged to the offshore yuan had been approved for issuance in the city, as regulators sought to temper the frenzy surrounding digital assets. In a statement published on WeChat on Wednesday, the HKMA refuted claims circulating on social media that the first offshore yuan-pegged stablecoin had been issued in Hong Kong. The authority said it had not granted any licences for stablecoin issuers and deemed any related......

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Hong Kong is working on expanding the use of offshore yuan bonds as collateral while developing a market-based yield curve for the debt, reinforcing the city's role in opening up China's capital markets....

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Companies in Hong Kong moved swiftly on Monday to take advantage of a new Swap Connect rule that lets them hedge using China's onshore loan prime rate (LPR), as demand rises to manage yuan interest-rate risks. The measure, which was introduced by mainland China and Hong Kong regulators in May and went live on Monday, is part of a drive to expand product offerings under Swap Connect. Launched in Hong Kong in 2023, Swap Connect allows global investors to access mainland China's interbank financial......

The world's first offshore yuan-denominated tokenised public bond was issued in Hong Kong on Monday, in a deal seen as a milestone in the city's ambition to become a digital finance hub. GF Securities (Hong Kong) Brokerage raised 500 million yuan (US$70 million) on behalf of Shenzhen Futian Investment Holdings, with the two-year bond carrying a 2.62 per cent coupon and an A- rating from Fitch. The deal, executed on the Ethereum blockchain, has been listed on both the Shenzhen and Macau exchanges......