Chinese banks are borrowing record amounts from international bond investors, as they seek to shore up their balance sheets ahead of strict new rules for capital requirements.
Mainland financial institutions have borrowed more than $14bn in offshore credit markets this year, according to Dealogic, smashing the previous full-year high of $9bn in 2013.
The move to tap global bond investors is part of a broader effort to improve capital adequacy ratios (CAR) across the Chinese banking sector, diversify investor bases and boost the balance sheets of operations outside the mainland.
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