Thursday, September 06, 2007

Tighter Bank Reserves in China

The People's Bank of China (PBOC) raised the cash reserves that banks are required to keep up from 12% to 12.5%. This 0.5% increase will take RMB 170 billion off the table. The Chinese economy has been growing at a breakneck speed of over 9% per annum since it was opened 30 years ago.

The "non stop through train" to invest in HK shares will likely be delayed until after the 17th Congress while technical details are being worked out. However, at the same time the minimum RMB 300,000 required for investment in Qualified Domestic Institutional Investors scheme has been reduced to RMB 100,000. Which coincidentally is the same level as originally proposed for the through train for individual investors. Rumours are that it will be be increased to RMB 300,000 --- go figure! Seems like the CSRC, the CBRC, PBOC and SAFE really have to start talking to each other.

Market Indices
Hong Kong Hang Seng 24050.40 - 0.08%
Japan Nikkei 16257.00 + 0.61%
Shanghai Composite 5393.66 + 1.56%
Singapore STI 3466.06 + 0.61%
South Korea Composite 1888.81 + 1.24%
Taiwan Weighted 9017.08 + 1.16%

*Intraday trading

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