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SHANGHAI – Two commercial banks from outside mainland China said Tuesday they will soon sell bonds denominated in the Chinese currency, a move that could help move forward internationalization of the yuan and provide selected foreign companies with a new fund raising channel.
The China units of London-based HSBC Holdings PLC and Hong Kong's Bank of East Asia Ltd. said separately they have been granted permission by authorities in China to make international issues of bonds denominated in yuan. The banks plan to issue the debt securities in Hong Kong to fund their China-incorporated banking networks, the two largest among foreign banks operating in the world's most populous nation.
Neither bank announced details on timing or amounts of their expected offerings.
In recent years, each bank has indicated a desire to raise yuan to fund the expansion of Chinese operations, including shares that would list on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. While Beijing has said since 2007 it was amenable to yuan fundraising by foreign companies, until now it hadn't approved any such plans.
China maintains controls on its currency, also known as the renminbi, that limit its usefulness outside the nation. By permitting issues of debt securities in yuan outside of borders, it can begin the process of creating a market for yuan-securities in foreign markets, although technical measures are likely to limit buyers of the bank bonds to Hong Kong residents.
"We believe that (a yuan) issue by HSBC China will help establish a representative pricing benchmark for foreign banks requiring funding, and will help the development of Hong Kong's offshore (yuan) market," Richard Yorke, president and chief executive of HSBC Bank (China) Ltd., said in a statement. The bank, which was profitable in China last year, said it remains well capitalized and does not need the funding.
A small number of Chinese issuers, including commercial and government banks, have sold yuan bonds outside mainland China in the past, also in Hong Kong. The issues were targeted at Hong Kong residents with yuan banking deposits.
Mainland China's bond markets, meanwhile, have been largely off limits to foreign issuers. In a rare offering, the World Bank's International Finance Corp. in 2005 issued 1.13 billion yuan in Chinese-currency securities in the country's interbank market. Those securities were dubbed "panda" bonds.