Hong Kong’s development as an offshore renminbi RMB centre continues to gather pace, with the growing RMB Eurobond market RMB bonds issued in Hong Kong being a key element. Deutsche Bank became the first non-Asian bank to issue an RMB Eurobond last week, with a Rmb500 million $73 million deal for China Development Bank, and the first non-bank and corporate deals have also appeared in the past couple of months. Jerry Li, Deutsche Bank's head of global rates in China, and Patrick Tsang, head of fixed-income capital markets, talk about the emergence of this market and what it means for offshore borrowers looking to raise RMB funding.
What is driving the development of Hong...