China is widening the pipes for trading directly with the yuan. Beginning Sept. 14, Shanghai Clearing House rolled out CCP services for spot trades in Singapore dollars, New Zealand dollars and Thai baht. It is part of a broader effort this year by Chinese banks to give clients more ways to trade straight into yuan as overseas trade and investment grow, and it could set up additional currencies to be paired with the yuan down the line.
A dozen banks took part in the debut, with 996 million yuan worth of trades going through. To trim costs for market participants, the operator said clearing charges on the three new pairs will be waived through the end of 2028.
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Central clearing can dial down counterparty risk and free up balance sheets by netting trades that would otherwise be settled one by one. According to Shanghai Clearing House, the new pairs are meant to back FX offerings serving the Belt and Road Initiative, alongside plans to expand the network and advance the yuan's global reach. Bosco Wu of the Bank of East Asia, where he is a strategist, said, "This is a positive step for RMB internationalization as CCP reduces counterparty risk and lowers the capital and credit line costs of trading, which should encourage banks to quote more actively and deepen liquidity in RMB/SGD, RMB/THB and RMB/NZD." He added, "If banks pass those savings on through tighter pricing, RMB settlement becomes marginally more attractive for counterparties."
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