Book Description

Global economy and financial markets are re-positioning irreversibly after the recent financial crisis. As a result, China is becoming one of the leading players on the world economic stage, and the Chinese financial markets are being integrated into the world financial markets. In particular the Chinese currency (CNY) market and interest rate market offer a historically unique opportunity to outside investors to diversify their international portfoliorun onshore-offshore arbitrage, and seek excess investment return. Its interest rate market is huge and deep, far more than other emerging markets, with its own characteristics. On the other hand, trading behavior of the Chinese banks, decisions of the monetary and FX authorities, sovereign funds are also making increasing their impacts on the movements of the global currencies and interest rates. Based on the author's unique 10 years of experience in proprietary rate trading in foreign banks in China and Hong Kong, fund management in one of top 3 Chinese fund management companies, research work in one of the Chinese prestige research institutes, and various consulting works for the Chinese government including PboC (the People bank of China, the central bank), CBRC (the China Banking Regulatory Commission), SAFE (the State Administration of Foreign Exchange), MOF (the Ministry of Finance), NCSSF (the National Council for Social Security Fund), CIC (the China Investment Corporation) and SSE (the Shanghai Stock Exchange), this book provides a deep insight on the ongoing CNY and interest rate markets (onshore and offshore), the investment behavior of investors and the financial institutions, and decision-making behavior of the authorities.