证监会允许合格境外投资者10月起参与ETF期权套保

Group 1 - The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) announced that starting from October 9, 2025, qualified foreign institutional investors (QFII/RQFII) will be allowed to participate in domestic ETF options trading, with the purpose limited to hedging [1][3] - This initiative reflects the CSRC's commitment to optimizing the QFII/RQFII system and expanding the investment scope for foreign investors, thereby enhancing the attractiveness of the QFII/RQFII framework [3] - The move is expected to stabilize foreign institutional investment behavior, encourage long-term investments, and promote the healthy development of the A-share market [3] Group 2 - In conjunction with the ETF options opening, major domestic commodity futures exchanges have announced an expansion of the tradable varieties for QFII/RQFII, including new contracts for glass, soda ash, silicon iron, natural rubber, lead, tin, ethylene glycol, and liquefied petroleum gas [3] - These series of measures demonstrate China's determination to further embrace global capital markets, attract more long-term foreign capital, and enhance market depth and resilience [3] - The CSRC indicated that more reform measures to optimize the QFII/RQFII system will be introduced in the future to promote high-level institutional opening of the capital market [3]