Chinese Bonds: Sector in Brief

Chinese Bonds: Sector in Brief

Struggling for yield in a Covid 19-challenged world, investors are exploring China’s deep and diverse bond market. As structural impediments to onshore investment fall, foreign capital inflows are gradually starting to rise – but challenges remain for investors seeking to gain access.

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IN THIS PAPER

Market Structure: As major providers of global indices incorporate Chinese bonds into their benchmarks, passive investment flows are destined to rise sharply. We take a closer look at the structure of the Chinese bond market – which is made up of a multiplicity of interrelated markets, both onshore and offshore, in rates and credit – to help define the characteristics of different types of securities.

Means of Access: While investing in China’s onshore bond market is still challenging, Chinese authorities have been making tremendous progress in facilitating foreign capital flows over the past year. Changes have simplified access, improved transparency and boosted liquidity for overseas investors. As a result, foreign direct holdings of Chinese government bonds exceeded 10% for the first time in January.

Manager Differentiation: Managers are designing and launching new China-focused fixed-income products with unprecedented speed. As the number of pooled funds expands, investors need to focus closely on how managers are gaining access to China’s onshore market, because the method directly impacts the types of securities these managers can use to populate their strategies.

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China’s maturing bond market is providing investors with an increasingly viable refuge from low-to-below-zero real interest rates in developed markets. Nearly 60% of all emerging market debt issuance now comes from China, and investors are parsing those offerings with an eye to the probable risks and returns. We’ve taken a look at the investment options and offered our view of the most important questions investors need to ask before initiating – or building – their own investment allocations.


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