Ashish Malhotra of Bank of America Merrill LynchThis timelast year China's nascent dim sum bond market was a roaring successstory, but how has the market fared over the last 12 months?

Dim sum bonds are bonds denominated in the Chinese renminbi, oryuan, but issued outside of the Chinese mainland. They're alsoknown as CNH bonds—CNH is the symbol for renminbi traded outside ofChina.

The first dim sum bonds were sold in 2007 by Chinese financialinstitutions, but the market didn't really take off until 2010,when the People's Bank of China removed restrictions that hadbarred certain types of issuer from the market. Chinese corporatesbegan issuing dim sum bonds, and in August 2010, McDonald's became the first foreign corporate issuer, with a200-million-renminbi bond.

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