HONG KONG: China and Hong Kong launched a long-awaited “Bond Connect” scheme that links China’s US$9 trillion bond market with overseas investors, the latest step in Beijing’s efforts to liberalise and strengthen the country’s capital markets.
The early signs bode well for building an active debt market, with more than two billion yuan (US$295mil) of bonds purchased in the first 22 minutes of brisk trade.
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