... est rate (HIBOR) to 3 percent to curb speculation about a potential depegging of the HKD from the USD. The recent hike in the renminbi interbank rate in offshore market is another example. Speculators ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-21
... nce 2011. HIBOR (Hong Kong interbank offered rate), the interest rate banks charge each other for loans, rose to a two-year high for one-month borrowing and was the highest in five and a half years f ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-19
... tions are HIBOR mortgage plans, and only 13 percent mortgage plans are based on prime rate as of November 2015, according to data from the HKMA. If banks raise the prime rate, it would have limited im ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-08
... red rate (HIBOR) by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) started in 2012 and reviewed millions of records after the authority received information from overseas regulators about alleged misconduct ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-17
... idence of HIBOR manipulation, report says The Hong Kong Monetary Authority's probe into the city's interbank offer rates, or HIBOR, shows no evidence of manipulation by lenders, The Wall Street Journa ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-14
... ed Rate (Shibor) or the repo rate, will be covered by the new services. The latest move is an important milestone for Shibor to become a benchmark for the price-setting of onshore renminbi bonds and o ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-06
... inbi (CNH Hibor). It marked the first time a mainland policy bank used the benchmark interest rate fixed by the lenders in the city in the issuance of dim sum bonds. Market observers saay the policy b ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-07
... Rate (CNH-Hibor), or its interest rate swap (IRS), has yet to serve as a benchmark for the market due to the lack of diversification of bonds issued with different maturities and yields. "People don't ...More
EJ Insight2013-10-09
