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Nation to issue guidelines for financial futures traders next week

(XFN-Asia)
Updated: 2007-03-30 14:58

The securities regulator plans to issue guidelines next week laying out the qualifications required by futures companies hoping to participate in financial futures trading, a senior official close to the matter said.

In September last year, the country's first financial derivatives exchange was established in Shanghai, and stock index futures based on the Shanghai Shenzhen 300 Index will be the first instruments to be listed.

The launch has been delayed due to technical difficulties on the new exchange.

Meanwhile Chen Han, director of the China Financial Futures Exchange clearing department told reporters that the regulatory authority is considering allowing commercial banks to act as clearing institutions for trades conducted through the new futures exchange.

He added that the authority is also studying the possible launch of treasury bond futures.