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    AIIB to adopt local currency loans in Asia

    By Chen Jia | China Daily | Updated: 2019-01-30 09:28
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    Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) President Jin Liqun attends a news conference at the AIIB headquarters in Beijing, August 31, 2016. [Photo/Agencies]

    Financing measure to lessen risks caused by exchange-rate fluctuations

    The China-based Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank plans to launch local currency financing in some Asian countries later this year in a move to reduce cross-border investment risks caused by exchange-rate fluctuations.

    The first group of countries to have this new service could include India, Indonesia and Pakistan, AIIB President Jin Liqun said at a news conference in Beijing on Tuesday.

    Using local currency for cross-border financing is a service usually provided by multilateral development organizations to hedge against foreign exchange-rate risks arising from settlement in US dollars. The risk grew when the greenback became stronger against currencies in many emerging economies last year.

    A roadside money changer handles Pakistani rupee coins in Karachi, Pakistan, Dec 14, 2017. [Photo/VNG]

    The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, a multilateral development bank focusing on the central and eastern European infrastructure financing, also favors providing local currency lending services to clients.

    Suma Chakrabarti, president of the European bank, said in an earlier interview that the bank is working with the People's Bank of China, the central bank, to develop financing for loans in China in renminbi, given his confidence in the Chinese currency.

    Rising debt financing costs from high global interest rates and cross-border investment uncertainties as a result of trade tensions have raised concerns about sustainable infrastructure financing, Jin said.

    AIIB, which provides a multilateral regional financing and investment platform for infrastructure development, decided to expand project investment to $4 billion in 2019 in Asia and elsewhere.

    "Recent currency volatility in emerging markets is a cause for concern," said an AIIB report released on Tuesday. "It is likely to lead to delays in projects, weakening the outlook for the project pipeline."

    As interest rates are expected to rise in major economies, investors and lenders could start to shift capital back to developed countries. Debt in Asia's emerging markets may become more expensive, the report warned.

    Ongoing trade disputes may also have effects on the currencies of countries with higher trade and budget deficits, it said. "Although a full-blown emerging market crisis is likely to be averted, periods of volatility remain likely, accompanied by a slowdown in the global economy in 2019."

    "There is an urgent need to redouble efforts to mobilize private capital," said Jangping Thia, principal economist of the AIIB Strategy, Policy and Budget Department.

    For China, the next few years will see the growth of private sector financing for infrastructure development, especially with the advance of the private-public partnership financing model, the economist predicted.

    This month, the bank's board approved a credit investment portfolio worth $500 million for infrastructure development in Asia. The program also aims to develop debt capital markets for infrastructure financing.

    AIIB decided to expand its membership to 93 by the end of last year, adding five more African countries in December.

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