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China talks tough on foreign bank derivatives

By Sundeep Tucker and Robert Cookson in Hong Kong

Published: September 14 2009 19:23 | Last updated: September 14 2009 19:23

Foreign banks have made relatively few inroads in China since the start of the decade when the country’s financial markets were clawed open by global trade agreements.

Overseas banks’ market share of loans, retail deposits and trading of domestic securities remains painfully low, dwarfed by powerful local competitors.

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Clipped wings: Air China lost $1.1bn on oil price bets last year - one of many high-profile cases where derivatives contracts went badly wrong

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