top of page

Commodity Ban in China


China's ICBC Closes Commodity-Linked Products to New Investments: Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) has suspended access for new investors to retail products linked to commodity futures due to extreme market volatility, including U.S. oil futures crashing below zero. Investors already holding ICBC’s commodity-linked retail products will not be able to add to their positions from Tuesday, but existing positions can be traded as normal, the bank said on its website on Monday. ICBC also warned retail investors they could lose all their investments and cash deposits in the commodity linked products. “The debate in China is about whether those products were suitable for the retail market,” a commodity source in China said. China’s regulator has told commercial banks to halt sales of a range of wealth management products that might result in unlimited investor losses, two sources told Reuters. Other state-run banks have also closed new investments in commodity-linked products, ranging from oil to soybeans to copper.

1 view1 comment

Recent Posts

See All

Good News On the Jobs Front

This jobs number should ease some recession fears, although next weeks CPI will be a key indicator as we all know. Payrolls were up 372,00 better than expected with the unemployment rate remains at 3.

More Products to Manage Risk

It is incredible the products the CME Group keep developing to efficiently manage risk. Coming in October they will be releasing products that lenders and other institutional financial market users wi

CME to Launch New Lumber Futures Contract

The CME in August will be introducing a new Lumber Futures Contract that is very beneficial to hedgers. Her are the highlights... New Lumber futures and options Launching on August 8* barcharts.com Th

bottom of page