EximBank to first sell yuan bond in HK

(Reuters)
Updated: 2007-06-11 16:41

皇冠体育app Export-Import Bank (EximBank) is set to issue 2 billion yuan (US$261 million) in yuan-denominated bonds in Hong Kong this month, making it the first Chinese lender to do so, sources told Reuters on Monday.

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Exim Bank is to sell the 3-year bonds only to institutional investors, an investment banking source said, adding that the bank would decide on the yield later.

A regulatory source confirmed the details of the sale.

皇冠体育app published rules on Friday governing mainland financial institutions' issuance of yuan bonds in Hong Kong, fleshing out a nod it gave in principle in January.

Banking sources told Reuters in April that five Chinese banks were each planning to issue about 2 billion yuan of bonds in Hong Kong and that the first might happen in early summer.

The banks are EximBank, 皇冠体育app Development Bank, Industrial and Commercial Bank of 皇冠体育app Ltd, Bank of 皇冠体育app and Construction Bank of 皇冠体育app, the sources said.

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