Safe relaxes onshore FX settlement to encourage the use of offshore funds and tightens outbound lending in a bid to bring capital back onshore. It also clarifies reporting requirements.
The new renminbi basket has a lower weighting for the US dollar, but the new fix and spot rates against the dollar could mean greater volatility, analysts warn.
Corporates face curbs on 'irrational' outbound deals and stronger scrutiny of big-ticket FX transactions under the capital account, regulators confirm.
As government regulators try to stem capital outflows, big-ticket FX purchases and settlements under corporate capital account items face tougher scrutiny.
Surveys show 74% of corporates with renminbi exposures cite CIPS delays as their most important regulatory concern, while others identify deregulation.
StanChart and Baoxin Group; HSBC and Saint-Gobain; and Citi and Roche have announced new cash programmes relating to pooling and netting in the Shanghai free trade zone following central bank clarifications.
Siemens, Alibaba, Huawei and ZTE are all in the second batch of SAFE’s pilot for cross-border FX cash sweeping, netting and centralised payments transactions, CT has learnt.
China’s central bank has lifted a host of restrictions designed to make renminbi cross-border trade settlement easier to conduct, while at the same time announced new measures to promote greater offshore renminbi ...