23 April 2021
As stated in the 2021-22 Budget, the Hong Kong Government is planning to expand the Bond Connect scheme to cover both southbound and northbound trading. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the People’s Bank of China have set up a working group to drive the initiative of southbound trading of Bond Connect, with the target of launching it within this year.
Bond Connect is an initiative launched in 2017 for mutual bond market access between Hong Kong and Mainland China, under which eligible foreign investors are able to invest in bonds circulated in the China Interbank Bond Market through the northbound trading of Bond Connect. So far, the southbound scheme has not been implemented and Mainland China investors have not been able to invest in the offshore bond market in Hong Kong. Southbound trading aims to facilitate Mainland China investors in making diversified asset allocation, and it presents enormous opportunities for Hong Kong’s financial industry.
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