Borsa Istanbul, ICBC Turkey partner on Chinese Renminbi futures LeapRate

November 17, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Borsa Istanbul, ICBC Turkey partner on Chinese Renminbi futures

Borsa Istanbul and ICBC Turkey Invest have unveiled plans to launch US Dollar/Chinese Renminbi (USD/CNH) and Chinese Renminbi/Turkish Lira (CNH/TRY) futures contracts. ICBC Turkey Invest, the brokerage arm of ICBC Bank Turkey, intends to apply to be the market maker in Chinese Renminbi futures contracts set to be launched at Borsa İstanbul Derivatives Market (VIOP),…

November 10, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

TAIFEX registers steep rise in RMB futures volumes in October 2015

Taiwan Futures Exchange (TAIFEX) has earlier today published its operating metrics for October 2015, with the month showing a recovery in trading volumes, including RMB futures volumes, after a subdued September. The Exchange set a record last month, as the total trading volume from January to October 12, 2015 reached 202,878,207 contracts, breaking the previous…

November 10, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

HSBC to become market maker for Yuan trading vs Swiss franc

There is an interesting piece of news confirming the growing interest in Chinese yuan trading. According to a report in the Financial Times, HSBC Holdings plc (LON:HSBA) is about to become a market-maker for trading the renminbi and the Swiss franc in the country's interbank Forex market. HSBC, known as a long-standing advocate of the…

October 21, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

SGX registers steep growth in USD/CNH futures trading one year after launch

Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX:S68) saw a strong rise in USD/CNH futures trading during the year after the trading instrument was launched on the Exchange. SGX announced today that the trading volume for SGX USD/CNH futures has exceeded US$167 billion in notional value traded since the onset of such trading 12 months ago. For the month of…

October 14, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

China extends Yuan trading hours to satisfy European demand

The extension of trading hours for the Yuan to 23:30 local time is in tune with Beijing's strategy to further bolster the international use of the Chinese currency.

October 13, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Saxo Bank adds four new CNH crosses to trading instruments menu

In line with the growing interest in yuan trading, Saxo Bank adds CAD/CNH, CHF/CNH, GBP/CNH, and NZD/CNH, to the lineup of trading instruments.

October 08, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Taiwan Futures Exchange registers 24% MoM drop in trading volumes in September

Monthly trading volumes of the recently launched Forex futures: USD/CNH and USD/CNT, also fell in monthly terms, to 21,165 contracts and 135,716 contracts, respectively.

September 11, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Taiwan Futures Exchange registers 12.3% MoM increase in trading volumes in August

Monthly trading volumes of the newly launched Forex futures: USD/CNH and USD/CNT, reached 22,180 contracts and 252,744 contracts, respectively.

August 13, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

SGX sets USD/CNH futures trading record after yuan devaluation

The decision by the People’s Bank of China to steeply cut daily reference rates for the renminbi led to a record volume of 6,177 USD/CNH futures contracts traded on SGX on August 12, 2015.

December 09, 2014 BY LeapRate Staff

China equity, bond and FX markets see largest drop in years - Shanghai Index off 5.4%, Yuan off 0.5%

When the Chinese do something, they do it big. And so it shouldn't surprise anyone in the FX sector that when volatility returns to China's financial markets, it does so in a very big way. China's Yuan currency saw its biggest one day drop on Tuesday since 2008, with the USDCNH trading down 0.5% to…

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