The People's Bank of China (PBOC) announced a series of enhancements to the Bond Connect program, including expanding the scope of domestic investors in Southbound Bond Connect to non-bank financial institutions such as brokers, funds, insurers, and wealth managers, apart from optimizing the mechanism for offshore repurchase (repo) transactions. Eddie Yue, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), revealed that Northbound Bond Connect participants can currently use eligible onshore bonds as collateral for RMB repo transactions in Hong Kong. In the future, authorities will further expand RMB repo operations, supporting re-pledging and cross-border currency repos, with corresponding optimizations to settlement and clearing arrangements expected to be implemented by the end of August 2025.