Wildest China Bond Market in Eight Years Lifts Hedging Needs
- Interest-rate swap trading 47% higher than average in December
- ‘Hedging is becoming an increasingly important factor:’ Yaozhi
The Long-Term Risk of China's Debt
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China’s most-volatile corporate bond market in eight years and angst over monetary tightening are spurring demand for tools to curtail risks.
Thirty-day volatility on five-year top-rated corporate notes has spiked to the highest since early 2009, while one-year swap rates and 10-year government yields are both resuming the increases seen in December after falling earlier in the month. The volume of bond futures and interest-rate swaps both surged in the latest data.