China’s Investors Shifting to Global Commodities, Marex Says
- Wealth creation is now demanding market access: Van den Born
- LME’s slump in volume may continue under higher fees, he said
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China’s cash-rich investors are increasingly looking to trade on offshore commodities markets after a regulatory crackdown and amid fears over the depreciation of the yuan, according to Marex Spectron Group.
“We’re definitely seeing a tumultuous rise in retail-type or investor-type trading,” Simon van den Born, the broker’s global head of metals, said Wednesday at a press briefing in Hong Kong. Revenues from China have doubled this year, offsetting a slump of about 30 percent in traditional business from industrial and corporate clients, he said.