In April, 2.6% of global yuan payments was carried out through the U.S., up from 1.3% a year ago, putting the U.S. ahead of Taiwan as an offshore yuan trading center, Swift said.
Read moreAlpari RU announced today that from June 2, 2014, they are making 6 new currency pairs available for trading. For Standard accounts (standard.mt4): USDCNH (US Dollar to Chinese Yuan) USDILS (US Dollar to Israeli Shekel) EURILS (Euro to Israeli Shekel) GBPTRY (British Pound to Turkish Lira) EURZAR (Euro to South African Rand) EURRUB (Euro to Russian…
Read moreIFC Markets provides its clients with Forex and CFD trading through its own-generated trading platform NetTradeX, which is available on PC, iOS, and Android. The platform is available in 15 languages. Recently, a significant demand has been presented towards China's currency Renminbi (RMB). The currency is traded both onshore and offshore, and when talking about…
Read moreThe firm also improves spreads on all existing spot CNH crosses Saxo Bank, the largest European-based Forex trading firm (and a member of LeapRate's Approved List of Forex firms) has today added a new FX spot cross to the platforms. The bank is now trading spot gold against Chinese offshore renminbi (XAUCNH). Elizabeth Missfeld who works…
Read moreLondon to become first location outside Asia to have a Yuan clearing bank As the Renminbi is finally rebounding somewhat from its recent slide against the US dollar we are seeing a very clear intention by UK authorities and the private sector, for London to become the main trading venue outside of Asia for Chinese…
Read moreRussia's leading exchange has been focusing on increasing its business with Far East traders and investors. Moscow Exchange has announced the launch of trading in the FinEx MSCI China UCITS ETF (ticker FXCN). The FXCN tracks the MSCI China Index, which comprises 138 Chinese securities. The fund's shares will be traded on Moscow Exchange's securities…
Read moreChinese policymakers are facing a challenging dilemma with interest rates and Renminbi liberalization According to a fresh batch of data for December 2013 released by SWIFT, the Renminbi is now in 8th place in transactions volumes tracked by the global payments system. While constituting a meager 1.12% of global transactions, the amount has risen 15%…
Read moreLMAX is seeing most of its own growth in Russia and the Far East According to LMAX Exchange’s CEO David Mercer global forex volumes are set to double by 2020 because of increasing growth in emerging markets FX. He outlined the important role of the Renminbi and the Russian Ruble which are both set to…
Read moreChinese Yuan funds can be moved freely between onshore and offshore entities Another change to the Chinese Yuan forex market is on the way, as Reuters reports that Citi has set up a cross-border facility that enables Shanghai Free Trade Zone based multinationals to move funds freely between their onshore and offshore entities. Up until…
Read moreThe central government wants a piece (or rather, a big chunk) of the reserve currency pie Over the weekend China’s forex regulator State Administration of Foreign Exchange said in a statement that acceleration of the Renminbi convertibility is one of the major goals for authorities. With the Shanghai Free Trade Zone being the test bed…
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