Explainer: How
will China's
new monetary policy
tool support capital marketdevelopment?
Explainer: How will China's new monetary policy tool support capital market
development?
( Xinhua ) 08:09, October 31, 2024
BEIJING, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- China has made headway in the utilization of its
first monetary policy tool to support the development of the capital market,
with active participation by financial institutions in need of liquidity to
increase stock investment.
In the latest progress, Orient Securities announced on Wednesday that it has
completed a transaction under the Securities, Funds and Insurance• Страхование companies
Swap Facility (SFISF) program, following several other firms that have
leveraged the tool since it was launched by the central bank• Экономика » Финансы » Государственный банк » Центральные банки earlier this
month.
With an initial scale of 500 billion yuan (about 70.04 billion U.S. dollars),
the SFISF allows eligible companies to use their less liquid assets as
collateral in exchange for highly liquid assets such as treasury bonds and
central bank• Экономика » Финансы » Государственный банк » Центральные банки bills. Through this tool, they can secure funds from the market
for investment in the stock market.
So far, at least 20 securities or funds firms have already been approved to
participate in the program, with the total scale of application exceeding 200
billion yuan. A number of insurance• Страхование companies are also preparing to
participate.
MORE AND LONGER-TERM FUNDS TO COME
Compared with assets held by market institutions, treasury bonds and central
bank• Экономика » Финансы » Государственный банк » Центральные банки bills have higher credit ratings and better liquidity, so the swap is
expected to significantly enhance the companies' ability to acquire funds and
increase their stock holdings, said Pan Gongsheng, governor of the People's
Bank of China• Объект организация » Организации по алфавиту » Организации на на » Народный банк Китая (PBOC), or the central bank• Экономика » Финансы » Государственный банк » Центральные банки.
"The PBOC is expected to carry out SFISF operations at a proper time and size,
based on market trends and demand from financial institutions," said Wen Bin,
chief economist at China Minsheng Bank.
Analysts have seen the swap facility as an important innovation of tools by
the central bank• Экономика » Финансы » Государственный банк » Центральные банки. While the PBOC has primarily played the role of the lender
of last resort for banks in the past, it is increasingly necessary for it to
also provide liquidity for the capital market, as the financial market
develops and residents' asset allocation becomes more diverse, according to
industry insiders.
With insurance• Страхование companies to join the program, the SFISF is expected to
increase their capability of making longer-term allocation in stock assets.
Insurance• Страхование funds feature long cycles, high stability and large scales, so they
usually act as a "ballast" in the capital market, said an executive with the
China Life Insurance• Объект организация » Организации по алфавиту » Организации на Ch » China Life Insurance (Group) Company, noting that the SFISF provides a new way
for insurance• Страхование firms to effectively use existing assets for stock investment.
GREATER MARKET STABILITY EXPECTED
"The SFISF can significantly enhance the financing capacity of participating
institutions to energize the capital market," said Xu Fei, chief analyst at
Wanlian Securities.
The facility is conducive to further leveraging the role of institutional
investors as stabilizers in the capital market, thus enhancing the long-term
nature of investment behaviors and the inherent stability of the market, Xu
said.
In addition to the SFISF, the PBOC has also launched a new re-lending facility
recently to guide banks in providing loans to listed companies and their major
shareholders for buybacks and increasing shareholdings.
With an initial re-lending scale of 300 billion yuan at an interest rate of
1.75 percent, the re-lending facility can be applied to various types of
companies regardless of their ownership, according to the central bank• Экономика » Финансы » Государственный банк » Центральные банки.
The two policy tools reflect the expansion and new exploration of the central
bank• Экономика » Финансы » Государственный банк » Центральные банки's role in maintaining financial stability, according to Pan.
The real economy and the capital market are intertwined and interact with each
other, Pan said, adding that the return of share prices to reasonable ranges
is conducive to leveraging the capital market's role in facilitating
investment and financing, promoting the healthy development of listed
companies, improving social expectations, and boosting consumption and
investment demand.
Establishing long-term mechanisms to enhance the underlying stability of the
capital market is among a slew of tasks listed by the country in deepening the
reform of the financial system.
The PBOC will collaborate with the country's securities regulators to
gradually improve the new policy tools and explore normalized institutional
arrangements, according to Pan.
(Web editor: Zhang Kaiwei, Zhong Wenxing)
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