This basket should include, at the very least, preferred shares and bonds.

The renminbi is still non convertible.

Thus, rather than tying executive pay to a specified percentage of the value of the bank s common shares, compensation could be tied to a specified percentage of the aggregate value of the bank s common shares, preferred shares, and all the outstanding bonds issued by the bank.

By issuing preferred shares with warrants (options), one reduces the public s downside risk and ensures that they participate in some of the upside potential.

Second, China will have to make its currency convertible.

The regular resources cash balance at the end of 2004 was 329 million, consisting of 318 million in convertible currencies and 11 million in non convertible currencies.

Worse, in America stock options became a preferred form of compensation often worth more than an executive s base pay. Stock options reward executives generously even when shares rise because of a price bubble and even when comparable firms shares are performing better.

Table 5 Non convertible currencies held at 31 December 2004

(The yuan should be included as soon as China makes its currency convertible.)

Bank reserves were in silver coins, and banknotes were convertible solely into silver.

Contingent convertible bonds, or cocos, have been proposed as a solution to this problem.

The equivalent of 1,491,424 ( 1,099,180) is held in currencies classified as non convertible, as follows

Bondholders were saved because governments generally chose to infuse cash in exchange for common or preferred shares which are subordinate to bondholders claims or to improve balance sheets by buying or guaranteeing the value of assets.

The financial plan for 2004 recommended a minimum regular resources convertible cash balance of 79 million.

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That the exported goods are furnished against foreign currency convertible within three months of the date of shipment.

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Table 5 shows details of the United States dollar equivalent of non convertible currencies held at 31 December 2004.

The lesson of the 1960 s suggests that a fully convertible renminbi could rapidly become a major international reserve currency.

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