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The following is issued on behalf of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority:
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) today (December 16) published the December 2009 issue of its Quarterly Bulletin.
This Quarterly Bulletin carries a feature article and regular articles on the banking and monetary environment during the third quarter of 2009.
The feature article, entitled "Results of surveys on selected debt securities and off-balance sheet exposures to derivatives and securitisations", indicates that the overall exposure of authorised institutions to structured credit products and credit derivatives remained insignificant, and the activities were concentrated in a few institutions.
The Quarterly Bulletin can be viewed on and downloaded from the HKMA website at http://www.info.gov.hk/hkma/eng/public/qb_index.htm .
To reflect year-end and mid-year economic and banking statistics in the analyses, the HKMA is going to publish its Half-Yearly Monetary and Financial Stability Report every March and September. The next issue will be published in March 2010.
For further enquiries, please contact:
Alice Lo, Communications Chief, at 2878 1480 or
Wong Hing-fung, Manager (Communications), at 2878 1802
Ends/Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Issued at HKT 18:05
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