China's central bank will allow banks with asset management businesses additional flexiblity in the implementation of its new regulatory framework that comes into effect in 2020.
July 26, 2018New rules are designed to standardise the sector including by strengthening supervision, preventing shadow banking risks, improving leverage controls and protecting investors' interests.
July 23, 2018Shenzhen exchange targets highly-leveraged acquisitions, high-percentage stock pledges and high-debt operations, which are considered to be a threat to China’s economy.
July 6, 2018Chinese regulators have been enforcing regulations more strictly to curb financial risk, causing bank NPL ratios to rise to 1.9% at end-May, up from from 1.75% at end-March.
June 21, 2018The ten key points you need to know about the SFC's consultation conclusions on changes to the Fund Manager Code of Conduct, due to be implemented in six months' time.
May 16, 2018New rules include leverage limits, a ban on implicit guarantees, risk reserve provisioning amounting to 10% of management fees; transition period for full compliance to last until end-2020.
May 3, 2018CSRC says rental asset-backed REITs will allow property developers to raise funds, reduce leverage and diversify investment options.
April 28, 2018PBOC governor said Chinese economic fundamentals were strong and that the central bank had enough tools to bring down financial leverage and mitigate systemic risks.
April 26, 2018Central bank will cap outstanding balances of short-term financing tools at 60% of a brokerage’s net capital; cap to be adjusted every six months based on brokers’ liquidity profiles.
April 16, 2018China looking to build a national database of financial products and institutions in order to improve monitoring and supervision and fend off systemic financial risk.
April 12, 2018