Three quarters of respondents expect to increase yuan allocations over the next one to two years
2-MIN READ2-MIN ListenDaisy WuPublished: 5:00pm, 6 Jul 2026Global institutional investors are pivoting away from basic market entry to scaling up their yuan operations, with offshore hubs such as Hong Kong emerging as the central infrastructure for that shift, a new survey showed.
Yuan adoption has become portfolio-led, with 66 per cent of respondents citing diversification as their primary driver for allocation, compared with 54 per cent citing China’s global trade footprint and 40 per cent chasing specific yield opportunities.
Meanwhile, three quarters of respondents expected to increase yuan allocations over the next one to two years, alongside rising demand for hedging and risk management tools.
“What has shifted in recent years is that renminbi market access is no longer about entry; it is about whether investors can operate seamlessly at scale,” said Cheuk Wong, head of markets and securities services for Hong Kong at HSBC, referring to the official name of China’s currency.
