China's US$1.3 billion of 'dim sum' bond sale overbought as appetite grows for yuan debt
The Chinese government's fourth sale of yuan-denominated sovereign bonds in Hong Kong this year was vastly overbought, as investors rushed to take advantage of the yield gap with the mainland through a transborder investment channel with the city. The 9 billion yuan (US$1.3 billion) tranche of bonds, offered with tenures of two years, three years and 10 years, attracted 30.4 billion yuan of bids from investors, according to the Hong Kong branch of Bank of Communications (Bocom), the sole agent o