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Canadian province issues offshore Yuan-denominated bonds

Posted by seumasach on November 7, 2013

Caixin

6th November, 2013

(Beijing) – Canada’s western province of British Columbia said on November 5 it had completed the issuance of one-year offshore yuan-denominated bonds and raised 2.5 billion yuan.

This is the first time a foreign government has issued offshore yuan bonds. Mike de Jong, finance minister of Canada’s westernmost province, said officials had intended to raise only 500 million yuan but the bonds were largely oversubscribed.

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