BEIJING, 27th June, 2024 (WAM) -- The People's Bank of China, China's central bank, has conducted a central bank bills swap (CBS) operation to improve the liquidity of perpetual bonds, reported Xinhua news agency.
The three-month CBS, valued at 5 billion yuan (about US$701.56 million), is open to primary dealers for bidding at a fixed rate of 0.1 percent, the central bank said in a statement.
The CBS scheme allows dealers to swap the perpetual bonds they hold for central bank bills. Perpetual bonds are fixed-income securities with no maturity date and are not redeemable but pay a steady stream of interest in perpetuity.