China’s regulatory tightening is aimed at reducing leverage in the financial sector, especially in assets funded by wealth management products. But this may lead to unintended consequences of higher risks in other shadow-banking activities amid…
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Risks to China’s financial system may continue to grow despite tighter regulations
China data delay leaves FSB in the dark on riskiest shadow banking assets
economies’ financial risk monitoring agency has criticized Beijing for being slow in providing key financial data from China, leading to the delay in a report on the risks the world faces from shadow banking. China…
Financial Reform, With Chinese Characteristics
China will prioritize streamlining and unifying the country’s financial regulatory framework, as well as cracking down on corruption in the sector, over liberalization. The mounting risk posed by local government and corporate debt will require…
Germany welcomes Chinese investment in financial firms
FRANKFURT China is welcome to invest in German financial firms, Germany’s top market watchdog said after Chinese conglomerate HNA Group (0521.HK) raised its stake in Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE). An acquisition spree by HNA reflects a…
Chinese Stocks Slide Again: One Trader Thinks It's All About The Financial Deleveraging
The Shanghai Composite has lost 1.2% in 2017 versus a 15% advance in the MSCI EM Index So far there’s no sign of relaxation in its drive to quell financial leverage. China’s insurance watchdog is…
China opening up its bond markets, but currency seen as major barrier
While China’s measures to clamp down on capital outflows to reduce pressure on the yuan have captured the headlines since late last year, the country has also been opening up its bond market and liberalizing…
Finance officials call for stronger ties
YOKOHAMA, Japan-The finance ministers of China and Japan exchanged views on deepening cooperation at the Sixth China-Japan Finance Dialogue here this weekend. Xiao Jie, the minister of finance, and Taro Aso, Japan’s deputy prime minister…
With China’s financial tightening in full swing, risks needs be managed
After a solid start to the year, the Chinese economy appears to be coming off the boil. April’s purchasing managers’ index data pointed to some nascent signs of an economy losing momentum after the stellar…
China says Silk Road plan is not tied to presidency
Representatives from more than 100 countries will attend China’s biggest diplomatic event of the year, though only one leader from the Group of Seven (G7) industrialized nations, Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni, is set to…
China market key to Canada's economic diversification: Ambassador
That mission was the largest in Alberta’s history and saw more than 86 Alberta businesses and organizations travel to China and Japan to meet with potential business partners, investors and customers. Premier Rachel Notley, accompanied…
China Unicom Voted “Asia's Best Management Team”
HONG KONG, May 10, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — China Unicom (Hong Kong) Limited (“China Unicom” or “the Company”) (HKEx: 0762; NYSE: CHU) was voted by professional investors as “Asia’s Best Management Team” in “Asia’s Best Managed…
China’s financial regulators appear determined to tighten rules further, boost oversight
China’s financial regulators are signalling that they will continue to tighten rules and slash leverage, regardless of the short-term pain their moves bring, keeping with President Xi Jinping’s order to prioritise financial security. The Financial…
China’s factory price inflation slows as manufacturing, commodities cool
China’s April producer price inflation cooled more than expected in a sign manufacturing activity may be losing momentum along with other sectors of the economy as domestic demand remains muted and the government cracks down…
