By the end of June2022, in terms of incorporated entities, 518 overseas investors have registered through CIBM Direct scheme, adding 2 new entities over last month. 757overseas investors through Bond Connect scheme, adding 7 new entities over last month.

Registered number of overseas investors by the end of June

In June, the cash bond trading turnover of overseas investors amounted to 943.3 billion yuan[1], decreaseof 14% YoY and15% MoM respectively. This amount represented about 4% of the total turnover for interbank cash bond market of the same month. The total monthly figure comprised 437.7 billion yuan of bond purchase and 505.6 billion yuan of bond sell, giving a net sellof 67.8 billion yuan. The turnover reached 370.4 billion yuan for CIBM Direct (326.1 billion yuan through agent trade and 44.3 billion yuan through Direct-RFQ service) with net sell of 33.6 billion yuan, and 573.0 billion yuan for Bond Connect with net sellof34.2 billion yuan.

In June, overseas investors traded97.7 billion yuan during extended trading hours, which accounted for 10% of the total turnover of overseas investors.

Bond Type

Bond Tenor

Settlement Cycle

In June, onshore investors mainly traded CNH bonds, USD bonds, EUR bonds and others through Southbound Bond Connect.