8 December 2015
World Outlook 2016: Managing with less liquidity
sovereign wealth funds this year. We expect these institutions will start
investing in 2016. Some argue that the market expectation of RMB
depreciation may jeopardize the inflows. We do not think this is the key
constraint, as central banks hold Euro and Yen assets despite these currencies
also facing depreciation expectations. In our minds, the key constraint is that
the domestic market is not ready for foreign reserve managers yet.
Infrastructure needs to be established, liquidity condition needs to improve,
and rules need to be revised to facilitate trading. This will take time, but we
have no doubt it is doable.
We maintain our view that the Chinese government will not allow sharp RMB
depreciation in the rest of the year. As the market expectation for a December
rate hike heightens, RMB depreciation would cause high volatility in the
financial market, which is damaging to China's economy. We believe the PBoC
may want to wait for the Fed to hike rate first and see how risks in the
emerging markets evolve, before it takes the next move on the exchange rate.
ZhiweiZhang,
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