Citi gives nod to China bonds, but keeps investors guessing

Barclays and Citi have just taken further steps towards including Chinese bonds in some of their global fixed income benchmarks – but not the step that really counts. And as the wait goes on, more question marks are being raised about the reasons for the delay. Citi announced yesterday that Chinese bonds were eligible for inclusion in its emerging-market and regional government bond indexes. This came just a week after the launch of new Bloomberg Barclays benchnmarks incorporating…