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(Reuters) – Hong Kong will scrap the daily 20,000 yuan ($3,264) conversion limit for residents from Monday when a landmark scheme to link the city’s stock market with Shanghai is launched, facilitating investment flows into China’s stock market.
Regulators said this week the cross-border share trading scheme would start on Monday, a crucial step in China’s efforts to open its capital markets and to allow Hong Kong residents to choose from a wider menu of yuan-denominated assets apart from bonds.
“The removal of the daily conversion limit will facilitate Hong Kong residents’ participation in the Shanghai-Hong Kong stock connect as well as other investments and transactions denominated in the yuan,” Norman Chan, chief executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, told reporters.
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