ActivTrades’ Market Analysts have prepared for LeapRate their daily commentary on traditional markets for August 5, 2019. See details below: FOREX The Yuan devalued over 1% against the US Dollar during early Monday trading, the sharpest drop for the Chinese currency, since the 2008 financial crisis, with one Dollar now worth more than 7 Yuan.…
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The China Foreign Exchange Trade System (CFETS), the interbank trading and foreign exchange division of China's central bank, the People's Bank of China (PBoC) has announced 7 new direct renminbi trading links. The seven currencies which PBoC will launch direct trading as of Monday, December 12th include the Turkish lira (TRY), Polish zloty (PLN), the…
Read moreEBS BrokerTec, ICAP's electronic foreign exchange (FX) and fixed income business and ICAP Information Services (IIS), the information division of ICAP, have announced today that they have launched the ‘EBS CNH Benchmark’, the first fully electronic, trade-backed reference rate for the offshore Chinese renminbi (CNH) market. The benchmark has been launched following considerable interest from…
Read moreChina puts into action requirements for foreign firms to settle foreign exchange forward yuan positions in the onshore market, the country's foreign exchange trading platform, operated by the central bank, said in a statement on Wednesday. Foreign firms will need to set aside 20% of the previous month's yuan forwards settlement amount as foreign exchange…
Read moreSWIFT has just published the latest edition of its RMB Tracker, the monthly report that monitors the international use of the Chinese currency. The latest report shows that the Yuan gained some share as a world payments currency in January 2016, although it stayed at #5 in the ranking. The RMB accounted for 2.45% of…
Read moreTransferWise announced today it now supports Chinese Yuan (CNY) transfers to Chinese UnionPay card accounts. The service starts off with a fee starting from ¥24 ($3.65). China is currently the most expensive major currency corridor, according to the World Bank, with the average cost of sending $200 (£140) from the UK to China standing at…
Read moreThe latest SWIFT RMB Tracker, the study which tracks the Chinese yuan international adoption, was published today, showing that the Chinese currency gained share as a world payments currency in December 2015. In the last month of 2015, the RMB accounted for 2.31% of global payments, with an increased market share compared to 2.28% in…
Read moreToday we learned from multiple reports emanating from the People's Bank of China (PBoC) that the Chinese central bank is going to place a reserve requirement on offshore renminbi, still mostly traded through Hong Kong banks. The move could be aimed at discouraging speculators that continue to bet that the CNH - offshore yuan could go lower. This all…
Read moreToday The Financial Times (FT) made note that the gap between the Chinese renminbi’s two exchange rates (offshore RMB and onshore RMB) has widened to a record spread. This has fueled speculation that China intends to allow its currency to fall at a faster rate than has previously been seen. Since August, the People's Bank of China (PBoC) said…
Read moreJust ahead of a crucial vote at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on whether the IMF will include the Chinese currency into its special drawing rights (SDR) basket, the Bank of Russia appears to have added the yuan to its Forex reserve basket. According to a report by Russia's information agency TASS, referring to two sources…
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