Cross Border

The cross border research topic covers all aspects of cross border business between Chinese entities and foreign entities. This includes coverage of outbound and inbound investments, volume and flow trends across products and investors, and ongoing development of cross-border programs facilitating such business. 

Examples of cross border business coverage include ongoing assessments of the QDII, QFII, RQFII, QFLP, ODI, FDI, RFDI, Hong Kong CNH and Dim Sum bond markets, Chinese firms' expansion to Hong Kong and beyond, and general outlook on internationalization of the RMB currency.

Qualified Domestic Institutional Investors (QDII):

QDII Update: War of Attrition
April 2011

QDII Update: Stuck in the Somme
September 2010

Get a Move On: Jam-Packed Schedule for Summer QDII Launches
May 2010

QDII in Q4: Out of the Starter's Blocks
February 2010

At Last!: SAFE Kick-Starts the QDII Program with New Quota Grants 
November 2009

QDII Update: Shifting Out of Neutral 
June 2009

QDII Segregated Accounts: We Can Do It For You Wholesale
April 2009

QDII Review: Breaking a Starvation Diet 
March 2009

Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors (QFII):

QFII Update: Regional Bias
April 2011

QFII-Lite Update: The Truth is Out There
September 2010

QFII Update: The Hong Kong Connection
August 2010

Offshore Markets:

Offshore RMB: CNH Conundrum
May 2011

HK or Bust: Mainland FMCs’ Regional Expansion
March 2011

Dreams that HK Stuff is Made of: FMC Subsidiaries Update
April 2010

Bright Lights, Big City: Chinese FMC Subsidiaries Enter Hong Kong

August 2009

*All documents are historical and for reference only, and therefore should be not used by firms to formulate contemporary strategy.