As China continues its build-up to the launch of the CSI 300 index at the Chinese Financial Futures Exchange on April 16, the country has begun the process of liberalising its financial markets by allowing margin trading and short selling.
China’s liberalisation of rules governing trading in its equities markets is said to be a precursor to the launch of the CSI 300 index, but as one Hong Kong-based market participant said, it is unlikely that the practices are new to the market participants that will be active when the...