China extends equity opportunities to foreign institutions

China’s securities regulator has given the green light for qualified foreign institutions to trade a wider group of onshore derivatives, providing more hedging options for investors to balance return. More than 600 institutional investors under the Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (QFII) scheme could benefit from the approval, set out in a China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) announcement on October 15. to trade commodity futures, commodity options and stock index…